- Date
- April 19, 1983, 17:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Fond Du Lac, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N99431Grumman G-44
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830419016539A
- Case key
- 12137
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot became preoccupied with a minor electrical problem and did not raise the landing gear before making a landing on water. Upon water contact, the landing gear effected enough drag to nose the aircraft over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99431
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1265
- Airframe hours
- 8,200
- Engine
- Lycoming GO-480, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James E. Schuster
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FLD · Fond Du Lac, WI
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 420 total · 120 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.