NYC81IA080

NTSB incident investigation · Cessna U206G · New York, NY · September 14, 1981

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
September 14, 1981
Place
New York, NY · NEW YORK, NY
Injuries
3 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N734VBCessna U206G
Status
Completed · report October 22, 1981
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19810914084779I
Case key
122706

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0046  81/9/14    NEW YORK,NY         CESSNA U206G        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 1267
        TIME - 0750                    N734VB              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 979 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WALL STREET SPB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MONMOUTH BEACH,NJ           NEW YORK,NY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: ROUGH WATER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- ENCTRD SVR WTR TURBC,LNDG RUN,L FNT STRUT FAILED,PROP HIT FLOAT,ACFT SANK.BARGE TRAFFIC IN AREA.

Aircraft

Registration
N734VB
Reported as
Cessna U206G
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Wall Street Spb

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N734VB · 1

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