# Incident 20240223001419I: Cessna 208, Miami, FL, February 23, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 2024, 15:37 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Miami
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7783° N, 80.1703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI (X44), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7783&lon=-80.1703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85WL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85WL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 208 (registry code 2073702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A (registry code 52257, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-114a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-114A
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,773 total, 114 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240223001419I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE WATER WITH A STRONG CURRENT AND GUST CROSSWIND CONDITION AND BOUNCED AT LEAST TWICE BEFORE STOPPING, DAMAGING THE PROPELLER AND THE RIGHT FLOAT, WHICH TOOK ON WATER, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SINK TO THE RIGHT SIDE.

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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