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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Six Chuter LEGEND P103 · Prosser, WA · August 29, 2018

Date
August 29, 2018 · 08:50 local
Place
Prosser, WA
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N239SC
Reported as
Six Chuter Legend P103
Reported engine
ROTAX 503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
1,377 total3 in this make and model3 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.

Pilot was flying low over yakima river when the aircraft made contact with the water. Pilot stated that as soon as the aircraft hit the water it spun around and went under the water. There was no mechanical issues reported for this incident.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS FLYING LOW OVER YAKIMA RIVER WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE WATER. PILOT STATED THAT AS SOON AS THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE WATER IT SPUN AROUND AND WENT UNDER THE WATER. THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL ISSUES REPORTED FOR THIS INCIDENT.