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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140 · Isle Of Palms, SC · December 22, 2016

Date
December 22, 2016 · 13:12 local
Place
Isle Of Palms, SC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N72826
Reported as
Cessna 140
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,200 total64 in this make and model64 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.

While level at 600 feet AGL over water and following the coast line. The engine started running rough. During an emergency landing on a beach the aircraft flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE LEVEL AT 600 FEET AGL OVER WATER AND FOLLOWING THE COAST LINE.THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. DURING AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A BEACH THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.