19881015058009I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Howard DGA-15P · Prescott, WI · October 15, 1988

Date
October 15, 1988 · 17:45 local
Place
Prescott, WI
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9865H
Reported as
Howard DGA15P
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT9*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,950 total2 in this make and model50 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.

Engine lost power after takeoff. Forced landing on river with seaplane. Damage to float struts and sheet metal.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER AFTER TAKEOFF. FORCED LANDING ON RIVER WITH SEAPLANE. DAMAGE TO FLOAT STRUTS AND SHEET METAL.