NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI84FA180
Registry · N281B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
COLONIAL C-2
Year of manufacture
1959 · 25 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19590615
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A2D1CB
Registrant of record
ANDERSON DAVID R
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE PLT HAD FLOWN TO LITTLE SISSABAGAMA LAKE WHERE HE OWNED A CABIN. A WITNESS HAD OBSERVED THE LAST 3 MINS OF FLT BUT NOT THE ACTUAL IMPACT WITH THE WATER. THE ACFT WAS LATER FOUND INVERTED IN 15 FT OF WATER 300 FT FROM A SHORE. PLT WAS FOUND 150 FT FROM THE SHORE & THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DROWNING. THE WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT IN A WIDE GRADUALLY DESCENDING LEFT TURN AROUND AN ISLAND. THE ENG SOUND WAS 'NORMALLY LOUD. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENG SOUND DECREASED MOMENTARILY, THEN STOP. THE LEFT WING FLOAT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE WING. THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TRIM TABS WERE ABOUT 3 DEG NOSE UP, A NEAR-CRUISE SETTING. ACCORDING TO THE CFI WHO HAD CHECKED OUT THE PLT IN THE ACFT, THE PLT, WHO WAS A B-727 AIRLINE CAPTAIN, HAD DIFFICULTY JUDGING SURFACE WIND DIRECTION FOLLOWING A LOW PASS OVER THE WATER.' WINDS IN THE AREA ARE UNPREDICTABLE DUE TO THE SEVERAL ISLANDS ON THE LAKE. IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME & WAVE HEIGHT WAS ABOUT 1 FT. THE WATER TEMP WAS 42 DEG F. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1984_CHI84FA180.txt.
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Other
Defining the Collision Avoidance Region for DAA Systems
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- NASA NTRS 2019 · Presentation
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- DTIC (Defense Technical Information Center) 2015 · DTIC technical report
Detect-and-Avoid System Performance for Large UAS in Civil Airspace
MIT Lincoln Lab evaluation of detect-and-avoid (DAA) algorithms for large UAS operations in civil airspace. Underpins the RTCA SC-228 DAA Phase 1 + Phase 2 minimum operational performance standards.
- NASA NTRS 2010 · Abstract
Emerging Standards for Aerodrome Mapping Databases and Datalink Technologies to Enable Reductions in Runway Incursions/Excursions
The integration of onboard databases with data linked aeronautical information services (AIS) is a task that RTCA and EUROCAE are pursuing.
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