http://registry.faa.gov/N2219T
BEDMINSTER — A small aircraft overturned while it was landing at the Somerset Airport Saturday morning when a gust of wind caused it to veer off the runway, police said.
Police responded to the airport at 11:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a plane crash, and, upon arriving, found a Cessna 185 overturned in the grass about 20 feet off of runway 30, police said in a news release.
Richard Skevington, the pilot, and his wife, Mary Skevington, both of Saratoga Spring, N.Y., were uninjured in the crash, and had exited the plane by the time officers arrived on the scene, police said.
Richard Skevington told officers that the plane was blown by a strong gust of wind while touching down, and ran off the left side of the runway into the soft grass, causing it to overturn, police said.
The Far Hills-Bedminister Fire Department and First Aid Squad responded to the scene, and a New Jersey State Police NorthStar helicopter was already on the scene when township police arrived, police said.
The Federal Aviation Administration was contacted and will investigate the crash, police said.
Story and comments/reaction: http://www.nj.com
July 21, 2012: Cessna A185E (N2219T) capsizes in north end of Saratoga Lake
Richard Skevington (in the Yellow Submarine-themed boat), speaks with a state Department of Conservation police officer after the 1968 plane with floats which he owns capsized in Saratoga Lake Saturday, July 21, 2012
Only the pontoons of this plane are visible after the vessel capsized in Saratoga Lake Saturday, July 21, 2012.
~
~
SARATOGA SPRINGS -- As many enjoyed the second day of the track season, there was much ado about a capsized personal plane on Saratoga Lake just a few miles away.
Around 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Richard Skevington, 59, of nearby Crescent Avenue, noticed that one of the pontoons on his 1968 seaplane was filling with water. While it was parked on the water, Skevington shut the engine off and exited the plane, explained Sgt. Luke Splittgerber with the New York State Police.
As he tried to fix the pontoon, the plane capsized. Skevington and his 61-year-old passenger, Paul Forde of Rhode Island, were not injured. Forde was able to exit easily since the plane capsized slowly and the passenger's door was open, police said.
Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the state Department of Environmental Conservation have been contacted. The State Police hope to get advice from the FAA about how to get the upside down plane out of the water.
Police said there was no fuel leaking and the owner estimated there was about 40 gallons inside the plane.
It was estimated from an unofficial source that the plane is worth about $110,000. It is unclear if it was insured.
Both the Saratoga Springs and Quaker Springs fire departments responded along with the State Police.
Plenty of curious boaters on Saratoga Lake stopped to look at the capsized vessel.
The incident occurred near the Tropic Hut on the north end of the lake near Route 9P.
Source: http://www.troyrecord.com
21 July 2012
Floatplane Capsizes in Saratoga Lake
No one injured when plane capsizesThe New York State Police, Saratoga Springs City Police, NYS DEC, and Saratoga Springs Fire responded to a report of a capsized floatplane on Saratoga Lake just south of the State Route 9P bridge at about 1:20PM on Saturday, July 21, 2012. The 1968 Cessna 185, piloted by its owner Richard Skevington, 58, was being taxied across the surface of the lake when the pilot noted that the floats were low in the water indicative of water having gotten into the floats. After shutting down the engine, the pilot exited the aircraft and began pumping the excess water out of the floats. During this process, the aircraft nosed over and capsized leaving only the bottom of the floats above the surface of the lake. Both the pilot and his passenger, Paul Forde ,56, escaped without injury and were transported to the shore by passing boaters. Any water contamination from the planes fuel appears to be minimum. The F.A.A. will be conducting an investigation into the incident.
Source: https://www.nyspnews.com
