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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 172I · East Haddam, CT · September 20, 1997

Date: September 20, 1997 · 12:30 local
Place: East Haddam, CT
Airport: Goodspeed
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N46168
Reported as: Cessna 172I
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 940 total260 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N46168Registered now · Cessna 172IS/N 17257086 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 172I Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: incident investigation 09-20-97, CT river at Goodspeed Airport, East Haddam, CT. CFI doug dringoli and student, richard matthies, were practicing engine out landings in the CT river next to Goodspeed Airport. In right hand bank to landing, proximity to shore line was of concern, bank was steepened to clear shore line. Approached water and tried to roll right wing tip up at that point, contacted water in shallow turn to the right. Right float struck first and broke spreader bar causing floats to diverge. Centrifugal force pitched the aircraft to the left causing the left wing to dig into the water. Aircraft came to rest listing forward and to the left. Both pilots were not injured and were picked up by a passing boat. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 09-20-97, CT RIVER AT GOODSPEED AIRPORT, EAST HADDAM, CT. CFI DOUG DRINGOLI AND STUDENT, RICHARD MATTHIES, WERE PRACTICING ENGINE OUT LANDINGS IN THE CT RIVER NEXT TO GOODSPEED AIRPORT. IN RIGHT HAND BANK TO LANDING, PROXIMITY TO SHORE LINE WAS OF CONCERN, BANK WAS STEEPENED TO CLEAR SHORE LINE. APPROACHED WATER AND TRIED TO ROLL RIGHT WING TIP UP AT THAT POINT, CONTACTED WATER IN SHALLOW TURN TO THE RIGHT. RIGHT FLOAT STRUCK FIRST AND BROKE SPREADER BAR CAUSING FLOATS TO DIVERGE. CENTRIFUGAL FORCE PITCHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO DIG INTO THE WATER. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST LISTING FORWARD AND TO THE LEFT. BOTH PILOTS WERE NOT INJURED AND WERE PICKED UP BY A PASSING BOAT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^