# Accident 19970906025509A: Cessna U206B, Gilbertsville, KY, September 6, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1997, 14:15 local time
- Place: Gilbertsville, KY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9610° N, 88.2691° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9610&lon=-88.2691&mi=10
- Aircraft: N206KY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N206KY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206B (registry code 2073322, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B
- Reported engine: CONT IO520F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 23,400 total, 62 in this make and model, 62 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC97FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906025509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSED OVER WATER LANDING. RIGHT FLOAT SKIN SEPERATED. APPEARS AND RECENT IMPROPER SKIN REPLACEMENT. (.4)DURING A TOUCH AND GO WATER LANDING THE FLOAT PLANE NOSED OVER.  EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE OUTBOARD BOTTOM SECTION OF THE RIGHT FLOAT WAS COMPRESSED UPWARD AND AFT.  MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THAT THE OUTBOARD BOTTOM SECTION OF THE RIGHT FLOAT WAS REPAIRED APPROXIMATE 48 FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT.  THE MECHANIC REPORTED THAT THE REPAIR WAS ACCOMPLISHED ACCORDING TO THE FLOAT MANUFACTURER'S REPAIR MANUAL.  THE FLOAT MANUFACTURER'S REPAIR MANUAL INDICATED THAT WHEN REPLACING OUTBOARD BOTTOM SKIN, THE SKIN SHOULD BE REATTACHED THROUGH RIVETING THE NEW SKIN TO THE KEEL, OR TO PREEXISTING SKIN IN THE KEEL.  EXAMINATION OF THE DAMAGED FLOAT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT OUTBOARD BOTTOM SKIN OF THE RIGHT FLOAT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE KEEL.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PREEXISTING SKIN IN THE KEEL OR RIVETING OF THE NEW SKIN TO THE KEEL.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SCRATCHES OR DENTS ON THE SEPARATED SKIN, AND A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS IN THE WATER, AND THAT THE WINDS WERE CALM.                                                                                  (-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED (K45) KUTTAWA HARBOUR, KY ON A SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT WITH THREE (3) PASSENGERS. UPON MAKING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING IN KENTUCKY LAKE, A FLOAT COLLAPSED, FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER. TWO (2) PASSENGERS DROWNED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC97FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC97FA178), Sep 6, 1997: Cessna U206B (N206KY), Gilbertsville, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The improper repair of a float by maintenance personnel which resulted in the total failure of the float.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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