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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 58TC · Holland, MI · August 17, 1985

Date: August 17, 1985 · 13:00 local
Place: Holland, MI
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8WW
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 450 total50 in this make and model56 in the last 90 days

N8WWRegistered now · Beech 58TCS/N TK-43 · Built 1976 Airframe modelBeech 58TC Engine modelContinental TSIO-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.

Hard landing when aircraft struck a boat wake during water landing. Damage to sponson and wingtip.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BOAT WAKE DURING WATER LANDING. DAMAGE TO SPONSON AND WINGTIP.