- Date
- July 21, 1978
- Place
- St Albans, VT · ST ALBANS, VT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N22901Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780721024479A
- Case key
- 140243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2602 78/7/21 NR.ST ALBANS,VT CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2215 TIME - 2130 N22901 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 74 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVAGE ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SCHENECTADY,NY ST ALBANS,VT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PIC WAS MAKING APPROACH TO LANDING OVER WATER TO AN UNLIGHTED STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22901
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Savage Island
N22901Registration cancelled Jun 21, 2017 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N22901 · 1
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