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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Arctic S1AARCTIC · San Ardo, CA · May 28, 1989

Date: May 28, 1989 · 10:00 local
Place: San Ardo, CA
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N37317
Reported as: Arctic S1AARCTIC
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,500 total90 in this make and model162 in the last 90 days

N37317Registered now · Interstate S-1AS/N 160 · Built 1941 Airframe modelInterstate S-1A 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.

Accidentally flew into the salinas river. Wheels struck the water and aircraft flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

ACCIDENTALLY FLEW INTO THE SALINAS RIVER. WHEELS STRUCK THE WATER AND AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.