# Incident 20050530030039I: Amtr AVIDFLYER, Kingston, NY, May 30, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2005, 17:30 local time
- Place: Kingston, NY
- Airport: Kingston-Ulster Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9853° N, 73.9643° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KINGSTON-ULSTER (20N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9853&lon=-73.9643&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9302, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9302-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Snow Bruce AVID FLYER (registry code 056140F, https://openairdocs.org/model/snow-bruce-avid-flyer) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR AVIDFLYER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050530030039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON HUDSON RIVER NEAR KINGSTON, NEW YORK. WHILE STEP TAXIING TO BEACH, AIRPLANE WAS STRUCK BY 2 LARG WAVES. SECOND WAVE BROKE FLOAT BRACING WIRE & FLOAT CHANGED ALIGNMENT MAKING LEFT WING TOUCH WATER AS PILOT SLOWLY CONTINUED TAXIING TO SHORE. AFTER REACHING SHORE, AIRPLANE WAS LOADED ON TRAILER AND BROUGHT HOME.

## Other reports on N9302 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20050702013939I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050702013939I), Jul 2, 2005: Amtr AVIDFLYER (N9302), Kingston, NY, Minor damage. (-23) PIC stated that during a takeoff run, the aircraft hit a wave that caused left float to disintegrate. This caused the right float to buckled under…

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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