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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Little Keen Challenger · Watertown, NY · August 31, 2010

Date
August 31, 2010 · 19:11 local
Place
Watertown, NY
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3840G
Reported as
Little Keen Challenger
Reported engine
ROTAX 503UL
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 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.

Aircraft suddenly lost power while operating in cruise at 100 ft AGL and made an emergency landing on the saint lawrence river. The aircraft flipped over and submerged upon touchdown causing minor structural damage to the aircraft floats. Local authorities responded and reported no injuries to the two occupants onboard.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY LOST POWER WHILE OPERATING IN CRUISE AT 100 FT AGL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER. THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER AND SUBMERGED UPON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FLOATS. LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONDED AND REPORTED NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS ONBOARD.