# Accident 20240904013479A: Textron Aviation Inc 208B, Nyc East River, NY, September 4, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2024, 17:00 local time
- Place: Nyc East River, NY
- Airport: New York Skyports Inc
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7296° N, 73.9672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7296&lon=-73.9672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143CA) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA372) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240904013479A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2024 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700L (2100Z), CE208, AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT, PART 91, VFR, DEPARTED NEW YORK SKYPORTS INC SEAPLANE BASE (67N) LOCATED IN EAST RIVER, NEW YORK AND LANDED AT LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT (ISP).  UPON RECIEVING THE REPORT OF THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND DISCOVERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THERE WAS ONE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, AFTER DEPARTURE, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE GROUND EFFECT, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE LEFT CAUSING THE LEFT WINGTIP TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE CREST OF THE WAVE. AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO CLIMB, PILOT NOTICED SOME DAMAGE UNDER THE LEFT WING.  PILOT'S PLANNED DESTINATION WAS EAST HAMPTON AIRPORT (JPX), NEW YORK BUT THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT ISP.  PILOT DID NOT REPORT THE DAMAGE TO ATC BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THE DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL. PILOT EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE A LOT FERRIES IN THE WATER AND HE DEPARTED WHEN HE SAW A SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO DEPART.

PASSENGER SITTING IN THE RIGHT SEAT OF THE AIRCRAFT STATED THAT PILOT WAS TRYING TO RUSH BETWEEN THE FERRIES AND HIT THE WAKE OF THE FERRY WHICH LAUCHED THE AIRCAFT INTO THE AIR AND CAME BACK DOWN TO THE WATER ON THE LEFT FLOAT.

## 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 ERA24LA372](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA372), Sep 4, 2024: Textron 208B (N143CA), New York, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to rush his departure, which resulted in a rough water encounter and collision with the wake of a passing ferry boat.

## Other reports on N143CA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20221202013789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221202013789I), Dec 2, 2022: Textron Aviation Inc 208B (N143CA), Albany, NY, Minor damage. When the aicraft was taxiing the pilot was alerted by the tower controler that flames were comming out from under the right pontoon. The aircraft was then…
- [Accident 20210426009669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210426009669A), Apr 26, 2021: Textron Aviation Inc 208B (N143CA), Laceyville, PA, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed pennridge airport (ckz) , in perkasie pa, and was enroute to williamson- sodus airport (sdc), williamson-sodus, NY. The pilot descended out…

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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