# Incident 20180825024349I: Grumman HU-16, August 25, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 2018, 13:08 local time
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1955G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1955G-2019-10-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman HU-16 (registry code 3950405, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-hu-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright R-1820 series (registry code 67020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-r-1820-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GRUMMAN HU-16
- Reported engine: WRIGHT R-1820 SER
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180825024349I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 25, 2018, THE GREENSBORO (GSO) FSDO WAS NOTIFIED BY THE ATLANTA ROC THAT N-1955G AN ALBATROSS DEPARTED ECG, ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA.

400 MILES OFF THE COAST AT APPROXIMATELY 13:08PM LOCAL TIME IT LANDED TO DROP A WEATHER BUOY. ON TAKEOFF AFTER IT RELEASED THE BUOY IT HIT SOMETHING IN THE WATER AND PUT A HOLE IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

THE COAST GUARD RESCUED 5 INDIVIDUALS, NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT LEFT FOR THE OWNER TO DEAL WITH. COAST GUARD INFORMED PILOT THAT IT DOES NOT TOW AIRCRAFT. PILOT IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AIRCRAFT IS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS. CREW WAS PICKUP BY A CONTAINER SHIP AND THAT SHIP WILL LINK UP WITH A U.S. NAVY SHIP AND RETURN THE CREW BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA.

TRACKING OF THE PLANE HAS CEASED AND IT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SUNK.  THIS MATTER IS CLOSED WITH NO FURTHER ACTION.

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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