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 departed vero beach enroute to bowling green, WI when the aircraft failed to maintain enough power to climb. The pilot decided he could not safely make it back to vero beach airport or any other airport near by so he elected to landed in the indian river as a precaution. Landed no damage or injuries.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VERO BEACH ENROUTE TO BOWLING GREEN, WI WHEN THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ENOUGH POWER TO CLIMB. THE PILOT DECIDED HE COULD NOT SAFELY MAKE IT BACK TO VERO BEACH AIRPORT OR ANY OTHER AIRPORT NEAR BY SO HE ELECTED TO LANDED IN THE INDIAN RIVER AS A PRECAUTION. LANDED NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES.
Other reports on N829GS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.