42.0457° N, 73.9486° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Glasco, NY, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 16, 2004 · 15:30 local
Place
Glasco, NY
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Reported as
Buccaneersx
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX582
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
120 total1 in this make and model0 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) Pilot was distracted on final approach and stalled the aircraft approximately 40-50 above the hudson river. Pilot initiated stall recovery, but did not have sufficient altitude. Upon contact with water, right sponson caused aircraft to overturn and stop in the water inverted.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT WAS DISTRACTED ON FINAL APPROACH AND STALLED THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 ABOVE THE HUDSON RIVER. PILOT INITIATED STALL RECOVERY, BUT DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE. UPON CONTACT WITH WATER, RIGHT SPONSON CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO OVERTURN AND STOP IN THE WATER INVERTED.