# Accident 20201004016929A: Cessna 182P, Queens, NY, October 4, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2020, 15:05 local time
- Place: Queens, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7961° N, 73.8034° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7961&lon=-73.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6506M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6506M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470-S (registry code 17375, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470-S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,670 total, 1,654 in this make and model, 43 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201004016929A

## Narrative

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

N6506M DEPARTED FROM BROOKHAVEN AIRPORT (KHWV),SHIRLEY, NY,APPROXIMATELY 1437 EDT INITIALLY FLYING SW BOUND UNTIL OVER WATER THEN TURNING MORE WSW BOUND FLYING OVER THE GREAT SOUTH BAY FOR 15NM,THEN TURNING RIGHT AND FLYING NW BOUND HEADING ABOUT 10.5 NM,THEN TURNING LEFT AND MAKING A GRADUAL NW TO SW GRADUAL ARC, DESCENDING TOWARD THE END UNTIL TRACK DATA WAS LOST  AROUND 200 MSL 1,75 NM NE OF THE REPORTED ACCIDENT LOCATION, JUST WEST OF THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE. WEATHER REPORTED AT KLGA 041851Z 05010KT 10SM SCT055 BKN120 BKN200 BKN260 18/07 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01830067.  THE C-182 CONTINUED AN APPROACH TO LAND FLYING 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER UNDER THE THROGS NECK BRIDGE, AT SOME POINT AFTER THE BRIDGE THE C-182 ACCORDING TO THE PILOT AND WITNESS STATEMENTS,THE FLOATS HIT A WAVE CAUSED BY A BOAT THAT CAME FROM LEFT TO RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BECOME AIRBORNE THE  PILOT PUSHED IN FULL THROTTLE AND THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED TO GAIN AIRSPEED TO AVOID HITTING THE BULK HEAD IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT GAIN ENOUGH ALTITUDE AND HIT THE BULK HEAD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA21LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA004), Oct 4, 2020: Cessna 182 (N6506M), Beechhurst, NY, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s selection of a landing area that provided inadequate distance from obstacles and his subsequent decision to abort the landing with inadequate takeoff distance available, which resulted in…

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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