# Incident 20000608020729I: Shelton Tom AVID FLYER IV, Troutdale, OR, June 8, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2000, 11:12 local time
- Place: Troutdale, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5392° N, 122.3927° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Troutdale, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5392&lon=-122.3927&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N60TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Shelton Tom AVID FLYER IV (registry code 05603KM, https://openairdocs.org/model/shelton-tom-avid-flyer-iv) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported engine: AMTR EA81
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 5 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608020729I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WEATHER FACTORS: AIRCRAFT IS EQUIPPED WITH FLOATS. LANDING WAS ATTEMPTED ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER IN ROUGH WATER AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT. WITNESS STATED THERE WAS SOME SWELLS AND WAKING. WITNESSES ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ONCE AND THEN LANDED HARD. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER A HARD LANDING HE NOTICED THE RIGHT WING DROP AND COULD NOT HOLD IT UP WITH AILERON CONTROL. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED THE OUTER THREE TO FOUR FEET OF THE RIGHT WING BECAME SUBMERGED IN THE WATER. THE PILOT UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO TAXI TO SHORE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO SHORE BY A COUPLE OF BOATS. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE RIGHT AFT STRUT BROKEN JUST BELOW THE FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT. THE AFT CROSS BRACE WIRE THAT ATTACHES TO THE RIGHT FLOAT WAS SEVERED OR PULLED APART. THE FORWARD CROSS BRACE WIRE THAT ATTACHES TO THE RIGHT FLOAT WAS PULLED FROM ITS MOUNTING BRACKET, WHICH WAS DAMAGED AS WELL. THE RIGHT WING TIP SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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