# Incident 19881221055499I: Avianw CLIPPER, St Petersburg, FL, December 21, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1988, 09:45 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7709° N, 82.6793° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Petersburg, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7709&lon=-82.6793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62SC-2018-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Palmer Henry C SUNSHINECLIPPER (registry code 9570785, https://openairdocs.org/model/palmer-henry-c-sunshineclipper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AVIANW CLIPPER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881221055499I

## Narrative

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

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

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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