# Incident 19860920045639I: Cessna STC172, Old Lyme, CT, September 20, 1986

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1986, 09:23 local time
- Place: Old Lyme, CT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3159° N, 72.3290° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Lyme, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3159&lon=-72.3290&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4RK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4RK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172E (registry code 2072412, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-340 series (registry code 41510, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-340-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC172
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,125 total, 21 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860920045639I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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