- Date
- May 27, 1977
- Place
- New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3351LCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report July 19, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770527013959A
- Case key
- 147211
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2138 77/5/27 NEW YORK,NY CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 1000 TIME - 1830 N3351L PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EAST RIVER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FIRE ISLAND,NY NEW YORK,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.DRIFTED INTO PIER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3351L
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- East River
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3351L · 1
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