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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172H · Bellingham, WA · August 25, 1992

Date: August 25, 1992 · 19:30 local
Place: Bellingham, WA
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3727F
Reported as: Cessna 172H
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total3,000 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N3727FRegistered now · Cessna 172HS/N 17255222 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna 172H Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.

While taxiing after a river landing the left float struck several rocks. Float filled with water and aircraft sank.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING AFTER A RIVER LANDING THE LEFT FLOAT STRUCK SEVERAL ROCKS. FLOAT FILLED WITH WATER AND AIRCRAFT SANK.