19881221055499I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Avianw Clipper · St Petersburg, FL · December 21, 1988

Date: December 21, 1988 · 09:45 local
Place: St Petersburg, FL
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N62SC
Reported as: Avianw Clipper
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0

N62SCRegistration cancelled Jan 5, 2018 · Palmer Henry C SUNSHINECLIPPERS/N 1 · Built 1987 Airframe modelPalmer Henry C SUNSHINECLIPPER Engine modelContinental A&C65 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.

Wave vibration on water takeoff dislodged landing gear uplock. Drag caused aircraft to capsize.

As the FAA filed it

WAVE VIBRATION ON WATER TAKEOFF DISLODGED LANDING GEAR UPLOCK. DRAG CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO CAPSIZE.