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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180A · Burlington, IA · July 18, 1990

Date: July 18, 1990 · 16:30 local
Place: Burlington, IA
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9606B
Reported as: Cessna 180A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 23,575 total175 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

N9606BRegistered now · Cessna 180AS/N 32903 · Built 1957 Airframe modelCessna 180A Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Float struck a submerged log in the river during taxiing for takeoff. Float sank aircraft turned on its back.

As the FAA filed it

FLOAT STRUCK A SUBMERGED LOG IN THE RIVER DURING TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF. FLOAT SANK AIRCRAFT TURNED ON ITS BACK.