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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Tcraft STCF19 · Homer, AK · August 24, 1985

Date
August 24, 1985 · 10:40 local
Place
Homer, AK
Airport
Homer Beluga Lake Seaplane B
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3558T
Reported as
Tcraft STCF19
Reported engine
Continental O200A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
94 total40 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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.

Pilot made a hard landing on glassy water. Float to gear strap broke and gear folded at attach points.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING ON GLASSY WATER. FLOAT TO GEAR STRAP BROKE AND GEAR FOLDED AT ATTACH POINTS.