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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172M · Apalachicola, FL · August 3, 1989

Date
August 3, 1989 · 12:10 local
Place
Apalachicola, FL
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N64RF
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA89LA211
Reported as
Cessna 172M
Reported engine
Lycoming O320D2G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,400 total2,600 in this make and model246 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.

Flew into unseen wake of a low flying military jet and aircraft settled into water unable to recover prior impact.

As the FAA filed it

FLEW INTO UNSEEN WAKE OF A LOW FLYING MILITARY JET AND AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO WATER UNABLE TO RECOVER PRIOR IMPACT.

NTSB investigation

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