# Accident 20050716020969A: Pilats PC6B2H4, Flamingo Beach, July 16, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2005, 09:45 local time
- Place: Flamingo Beach
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 10.4472° N, 85.8333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=10.4472&lon=-85.8333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N908PL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N908PL-2010-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pilatus PC-6/B2-H4 (registry code 7090215, https://openairdocs.org/model/pilatus-pc-6-b2-h4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PT6A series (registry code 52032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pt6a-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PILATS PC6B2H4
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 6
- Pilot flight hours: 2,480 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD05RA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05RA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050716020969A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY SAW THE AIRCRAFT FLYING CLOSE TO THE WATER AND THAT SHORTLY BEFORE THE CRASH IT HAD BEEN CLIMBING AND DESCENDING IN A ROLLER COASTER FASHION. NO WITNESS SAW THE ACTUAL AIRCRAFT JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE WATER. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLIPPING OVER WHEN IT WAS NEXT OBSERVED.

## 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 IAD05RA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD05RA102), Jul 16, 2005: Pilatus PC-6 (N908PL), Brasilito, Costa Rica, destroyed, 6 fatal

## Other reports on N908PL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20020328007229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020328007229I), Mar 28, 2002: N908PL, Friday Harbor, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed gear up at Friday Harbor, Washington. Pilot has failed to respond to telephone messages and written correspondence.

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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