ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 384288
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| Date: | Thursday 27 May 1982 |
| Time: | 13:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna U206 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N4877X |
| MSN: | U20605561 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 887 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ouzinkie, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Kodiak, AK (9Z3) |
| Fremonot, CA (Q59) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT MADE HIS LANDING APPROACH OVER THE VILLAGE SO AS TO LAND THE FLOAT PLANE ON THE BAY AND INTO A 30 KNOT HEAD WIND. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT'S RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND STARTED TO RAISE THE NOSE, BUT THE PLANE STRUCK THE BEACH IN ABOUT SIX INCHES OF WATER. THE PLANE BOUNCED INTO THE BAY AND REMAINED AFLOAT, BUT BOTH WINGS AND BOTH FLOATS WERE DAMAGED. THE WATER RUDDERS WERE UNUSABLE, BUT THE PLANE WAS TAXIED TO A BEACH BY SAILING AND USING POWER. THE PILOT BELIEVED HE HAD ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR DURING THE LANDING APPROACH; HOWEVER, WIND SHEAR WAS NOT VERIFIED. THE AIRCRAFT'S CENTER-OR-GRAVITY WAS NEAR THE FORWARD LIMIT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC82DA042
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 August 1984 | N4877Y | Island Air Service | 0 | Viekoda Bay, AK | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Apr-2024 09:37 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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