- Date
- March 13, 1982, 12:50 local (18:50 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Prairie, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N254BColonial C-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820313003709A
- Case key
- 70880
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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
During a landing on mountain creek lake, the aircraft struck a submerged object in the water. The plane was taxied to a boat ramp. An inspection revealed that the hull was dented, a nose gear door was bent, and two bolts on the left wing sponson had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N254B
- Reported as
- Colonial C-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 14
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- M J Brundage
- Registered owner
- M J Brundage
- Departed
- Ft Worth, TX
- Destination
- Ft Worth, TX
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
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 65 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 234 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 167 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.