# Accident 20080820848609A: Cessna TU206G, Cherry Lake, CA, August 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2008, 09:30 local time
- Place: Cherry Lake, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0069° N, 119.9050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0069&lon=-119.9050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N818CT-2013-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna TU206G (registry code 2073357, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 720 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080820848609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) N818CT, A CESSNA 206 EQUIPPED WITH WIPLINE 3730 AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS LANDED AT CHERRY LAKE (ELEV 2700' MSL) IN TUOLUMNE COUNTY, CA AFTER A FLIGHT FROM COLUMBIA, CA FROM A PAVED RUNWAY.  VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND THE PILOT REPORTED CALM WINDS AND GLASSY WATER CONDITIONS.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MADE A GLASSY WATER APPROACH (POWER ON/MINIMUM SINK RATE) IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION TOWARDS THE DAM, AND UPON TOUCH DOWN NOTED THAT THE BOWS/NOSE WENT DOWN FOLLOWED BY THE AIRPLANE BECOMING INVERTED IN THE WATER.  THE AIRPLANE CABIN RAPIDLY FILLED WITH WATER.  THE PILOT'S WIFE AND 18 MONTH OLD CHILD (SEATED IN REAR) WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRPLANE BY CRAWLING THROUGH THE COPILOT'S WINDOW.  THE PILOT EXITED THROUGH THE PILOT'S DOOR AND SUBSEQUENTLY RESCUED A 3 YEAR OLD CHILD WHO HAD BEEN IN A CHILD SEAT SECURED IN THE CO-PILOT'S SEAT.  THE PILOT STATED HE RETRACTED THE GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF AND VERIFIED IT WAS RETRACTED (USING POSITION LIGHTS IN COCKPIT) PRIOR TO LANDING ON THE LAKE.  THE AIRPLANE WAS FOUND IN THE LAKE WITH THE GEAR EXTENDED, THE GEAR HANDLE UP, AND GEAR CB'S OPEN.  LANDING ON WATER WITH GEAR EXTENDED IN AN AMPHIBIAN WILL RESULT IN AN IMMEDIATE UPSET TO AN INVERTED POSITION.  THE FLOATS WILL PREVENT SINKING.

## 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 LAX08LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA281), Aug 20, 2008: Cessna TU206G (N818CT), Groveland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was retracted prior to the water landing.

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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