# Accident 20140531009509A: Found Acft Canada Inc FBA-2C2, Willow, AK, May 31, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2014, 11:15 local time
- Place: Willow, AK
- Airport: Willow Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.7469° N, 150.0594° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.7469&lon=-150.0594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N602BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N602BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Found Acft Canada FBA-2C2 (registry code 3640104, https://openairdocs.org/model/found-acft-canada-fba-2c2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-L1C5 (registry code 41782, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-l1c5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FOUND ACFT CANADA INC FBA-2C2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-L1C5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC14CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140531009509A

## Narrative

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

ON A SOUTHBOUND HEADING APPROACH TO WILLOW LAKE , ENCOUNTERING WINDY CONDITIONS FROM THE SOUTH, WIND CONDITIONS INCREASED/BECAME GUSTY AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS CROSSING OVER FROM ABOVE THE TREES TO ABOVE THE WATER'S SURFACE. AT 40-50 FEET ABOVE WATER'S SURFACE, POSSIBLE WIND SHEAR CAUSED LEFT WING TO LOSE LIFT. DESPITE FULL POWER BEING APPLIED, LEFT FLOAT, LEFT HORIZONTAL STAB AND LEFT ELEVATOR MADE HARD CONTACT WITH WATER SURFACE.

## 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 ANC14CA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC14CA032), May 31, 2014: Found Acft Canada FBA 2C2 (N602BC), Willow, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control of the airplane during landing on water due to an encounter with wind shear, which resulted in the airplane's abnormal contact with the surface.

## Other reports on N602BC (1)

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

- [Accident 20070721015499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070721015499A), Jul 21, 2007: Found FBA2C2 (N602BC), Crested Butte, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) Aircraft landing runway 32, touched down on the first few hundred feet of the runway, the airplane hopped a few times on runway, veered off to the left…

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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