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A Cessna seaplane that was involved in a fatal crash in Everglades City in February had been involved in another significant crash a little over four years prior, a National Transportation Safety Board report on that crash showed. An NTSB report shows that on Sept. 6, 2021, the same Cessna A185F, identified as N7475N, sustained substantial damage when it made an emergency landing in a corn field in Kingsley, Iowa, after the pilot reported a total loss of power.
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