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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna U206G · Key West, FL · December 29, 1987

Date: December 29, 1987 · 11:00 local
Place: Key West, FL
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: FBPA
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4820R
NTSB investigation: NTSBMIA88IA079
Reported as: Cessna U206G
Reported engine: Continental IO520F
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total500 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N4820RRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 1999 · Cessna U206GS/N U20606809 Airframe modelCessna U206G

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During water taxi wind gust caused one float to lift and bury the other rolling inverted. 609 check pending.

As the FAA filed it

DURING WATER TAXI WIND GUST CAUSED ONE FLOAT TO LIFT AND BURY THE OTHER ROLLING INVERTED. 609 CHECK PENDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB MIA88IA079Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportKey West, FLWhile water taxiing nw from the ramp to takeoff with the wind from the north at 22 KTS, the rt wing lifted resulting in the lt float digging into the water. The plt attempted to correct this by turning into the wind and applying full-up right aileron but was…Dec 29, 1987 · Minor damage