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.
Aircraft made a water landing on the hudson river and the righthand aft float strut bracket broke at the fuselage attach point, causing the forward strut brace wires to break. The left wingtip was also damaged after the float strut bracket broke.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT MADE A WATER LANDING ON THE HUDSON RIVER AND THE RIGHTHAND AFT FLOAT STRUT BRACKET BROKE AT THE FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT, CAUSING THE FORWARD STRUT BRACE WIRES TO BREAK. THE LEFT WINGTIP WAS ALSO DAMAGED AFTER THE FLOAT STRUT BRACKET BROKE.
Other reports on N3069E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.