- Date
- June 23, 1979
- Place
- Alplaus, NY · ALPLAUS, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N143RPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790623014969A
- Case key
- 135317
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1942 79/6/23 ALPLAUS,NY PIPER PA-11 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1030 N143R PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING 41, 2591 TOTAL HOURS, 800 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WELLS SEAPLANE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALPLAUS,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: ENGINE RUNUP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER REMARKS- PAX STANDING ON FLOATING DOCK JUMPED ON R FLOAT & FELL INTO PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wells Seaplane
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.