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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna STC170 · Greenville, ME · May 30, 1986

Date: May 30, 1986 · 12:15 local
Place: Greenville, ME
Airport: Greenville
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3576D
Reported as: Cessna STC170
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 168 total2 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N3576DRegistered now · Cessna 170BS/N 27119 · Built 1956 Airframe modelCessna 170B Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.

During water turn to taxi to the dock, a gust of wind caused aircraft to turn over and sink.

As the FAA filed it

DURING WATER TURN TO TAXI TO THE DOCK, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO TURN OVER AND SINK.

Other reports on N3576D · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

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