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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna STC172 · Old Lyme, CT · September 20, 1986

Date: September 20, 1986 · 09:23 local
Place: Old Lyme, CT
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4RK
Reported as: Cessna STC172
Reported engine: Lycoming O360A1A
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,125 total21 in this make and model33 in the last 90 days

N4RKRegistered now · Cessna 172ES/N 17251797 · Built 1964 Airframe modelCessna 172E Engine modelLycoming 0-340 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.

Float plane settled after lift off and struck water hard. Non approved takeoff area.

As the FAA filed it

FLOAT PLANE SETTLED AFTER LIFT OFF AND STRUCK WATER HARD. NON APPROVED TAKEOFF AREA.