# Incident 19970920036179I: Cessna 172I, East Haddam, CT, September 20, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1997, 12:30 local time
- Place: East Haddam, CT
- Airport: Goodspeed
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4457° N, 72.4556° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOODSPEED (42B), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4457&lon=-72.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46168, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46168) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172I (registry code 2072426, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172I
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 940 total, 260 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970920036179I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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