# Accident 20170524007479A: Cessna 208, Elfin Cove, AK, May 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2017, 08:30 local time
- Place: Elfin Cove, AK
- Airport: Elfin Cove Seaplane Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: P9KA
- Location: 58.1953° N, 136.3483° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.1953&lon=-136.3483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1265U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE 331-12-JR
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,142 total, 150 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA332) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170524007479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT NARRATIVE:  THE CONDITIONS WERE A WEST N/W WIND AT 15 KTS AND A SWELL THAT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 2' WITH CHOP ON TOP AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COVE.  I MISREAD THE SIZE OF THE SWELL.  MY APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE AS PLANNED, BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT JUMPED A SWELL, RESULTING IN A TAIL LOW HARD LANDING.

## 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 GAA17CA332](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA332), May 24, 2017: Cessna 208 (N1265U), Elfin Cove, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recognize the magnitude of the swell size during landing, which resulted in a tail-low hard 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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