# Incident 20230727008839I: Textron Aviation Inc 208B, New York, NY, July 27, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2023, 10:30 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: New York Skyports Seaplane Bas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: L87A
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N401S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron 208B (registry code 2073712, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-208b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 (registry code 51499, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC 208B
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-140
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230727008839I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 27, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 EDT, A TEXTRON AVIATION INC. 208B LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN THE EAST RIVER IN NEW YORK VIA THE NORTH TIP OF THE RIVER.  WHILE TAXING TO THE NEW YORK SKYPORTS SEAPLANE BASE (6N7), THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT NOTED A LARGE POWER BOAT DRIVE BY CAUSING A LARGE WAKE.  THE PILOT POSITIONED THE AIRCRAFT 45 DEGREES INTO THE WAKE BUT THE PROXIMITY OF THE FIRST AND SECOND WAVE WERE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE WATER DISABLING THE AIRCRAFT.  NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE CREW MEMBERS.  THE DISABLED AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED TO THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MARINA IN BRONX, NY.

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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