40.7143° N, 74.0060° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 29, 1986 · 17:30 local
Place
New York, NY
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
BKKA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6184Z
Reported as
Cessna U206G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total2,000 in this make and model300 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.
Violent flutter in aircraft. Declared emergency. Float plane landed on water. Found a broken trim tab jack screw.
As the FAA filed it
VIOLENT FLUTTER IN AIRCRAFT. DECLARED EMERGENCY. FLOAT PLANE LANDED ON WATER. FOUND A BROKEN TRIM TAB JACK SCREW.