40.8575° N, 73.2167° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithtown, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 27, 2000 · 14:40 local
Place
Smithtown, NY
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
FVAA
Aircraft
N208RD
Reported as
Cessna 208
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A114A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total600 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days
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.
(-23)10/27/2000, 1440 Local time. Aircraft was observed penetrating a temporary flight restriction area (TFR), 5 nautical miles in radius, centered 8DME, on the dpk VOR 030 radial. Radar data confirms that the aircraft was N280RD, operated by shoreline aviation.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)10/27/2000, 1440 LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED PENETRATING A TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTION AREA (TFR), 5 NAUTICAL MILES IN RADIUS, CENTERED 8DME, ON THE DPK VOR 030 RADIAL. RADAR DATA CONFIRMS THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS N280RD, OPERATED BY SHORELINE AVIATION.