- Date
- October 31, 1982, 11:25 local (15:25 UTC)
- Place
- Little Ferry, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3593PPiper PA-18-150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821031065159A
- Case key
- 71441
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Sequence of events
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On ground/water collision with object
Object - submerged objectCause
Analysis
Student pilot step-taxiing from landing collided with a submerged object in the river and damaged the float. The river was at low tide.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3593P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-18-150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18-4551
- Airframe hours
- 6,800
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- No.American Flying Service, In
- Registered owner
- No.American Flying Service, In
- Departed
- Little Ferry, NY
- Destination
- Little Ferry, NY
N3593PRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 2014 · Piper PA-18-150Airframe modelPiper PA-18-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 57 total · 57 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Temperature
- 138 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.