# Incident 20061115027059I: Cessna U206E, Queens Bess, LA, November 15, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2006, 21:00 local time
- Place: Queens Bess, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: SSCA
- Aircraft: N227SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N227SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206E (registry code 2073350, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,760 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061115027059I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE A LANDING IN AN OPEN BAY AT A REMOTE SEAPORT LOCATION (QUEENS BESS) AND TAXIED INTO AN ADJACENT CANAL AND THEN TO A NEARBY BOAT TO OFFLOAD A PASSENGER. AFTER APPROXIMATELY HALF AN HOUR, THE PILOT AND ANOTHER PASSENGER (NON REVENUE) THEN ATTEMPTED A TAKEOFF IN THE CANAL. THE PILOT'S STATEMENT INDICATES THAT TAKEOFF HEADING WAS APPROXIMATELY 190 DEGREES WITH THE WINDS COMING FROM APPROXIMATELY 240 AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS. AS POWER WAS APPLIED, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO NOSE OVER AND ALTHOUGH THE PILOT QUICKLY REDUCED POWER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO NOSE OVER INTO THE WATER AND EVENTUALLY BECAME INVERTED. BOTH THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## Other reports on N227SS (2)

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

- [Incident 20030912023709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030912023709I), Sep 12, 2003: Cessna U206E (N227SS), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot failed to extend the landing gear on landing and landed on floats.
- [Incident 20030814021809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030814021809I), Aug 14, 2003: Cessna U206E (N227SS), Braithwaite, LA. (-23) Pilot left baton rouge after a cargo drop, pilot was in flight and tried to put the gear up and did not get the 3 green indications, pilot flew the…

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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