- Date
- June 29, 1980
- Place
- Amagansett, NY · AMAGANSETT, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3533GLuscombe 8F
- Status
- Completed · report August 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800629032029A
- Case key
- 129805
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0871 80/6/29 NR.AMAGANSETT,NY LUSCOMBE 8F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1600 TIME - 1030 N3533G PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1400 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTAUK LAKE,NY SAG HARBOR,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.AFTER SUCCESSFUL LDG IN ATLANTIC OCEAN WAVES CAPSIZED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3533G
- Reported as
- Luscombe 8F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.