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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 305A · Arlington, WA · March 27, 1988

Date
March 27, 1988 · 13:00 local
Place
Arlington, WA
Airport
Arlington Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N10442
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88LA070
Reported as
Cessna 305A
Reported engine
Continental IO470J
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total400 in this make and model20 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.

Float plane sat out in rain for a week, engine quit on liftoff from a dolly. Water entered fuel from leaky fuel caps

As the FAA filed it

FLOAT PLANE SAT OUT IN RAIN FOR A WEEK, ENGINE QUIT ON LIFTOFF FROM A DOLLY.WATER ENTERED FUEL FROM LEAKY FUEL CAPS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.