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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Westwego, LA · May 23, 1982

Date: May 23, 1982 · 11:00 local
Place: Westwego, LA
Airport: Seaplane Base
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1663R
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 73 total14 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N1663RRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18502386 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Dug in wing tip on first float plane water landing after obtaining seaplane rating. Water looped.

As the FAA filed it

DUG IN WING TIP ON FIRST FLOAT PLANE WATER LANDING AFTER OBTAINING SEAPLANE RATING. WATER LOOPED.