ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381668
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| Date: | Sunday 19 June 1983 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172PII |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N54274 |
| MSN: | 17274939 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 642 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D2J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Richmond Beach, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Renton, WA (WA47) |
| Renton, WA (WA47) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE FLOAT PLANE OVERTURNED DURING A GLASSY WATER LANDING. THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED BUT THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER WAS VMC AND NO FLT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND,THE ACFT CONTACTED THE WATER IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE AND TWISTED IN A CLOCKWISE DIRECTION. THE RIGHT FLOAT FILLED WITH WATER AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DONNED LIFE VESTS. BOTH OCCUPANTS EXITED THE LEFT DOOR OF THE ACFT. THE ACFT ROLLED OVER INVERTED AND FILLED WITH WATER. ONLY THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOATS WERE VISIBLE ON THE WATERS SURFACE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA83LA129
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