# Accident 20240405003189A: Cessna U206B, Bootville Venic, LA, April 5, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2024, 08:30 local time
- Place: Bootville Venic, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 6JNA
- Location: 29.3309° N, 89.3969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3309&lon=-89.3969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7896S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7896S) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U206B (registry code 2073322, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 646 total, 382 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240405003189A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 5TH, 2024, THE PILOT OF A CESSNA 206 FLOAT PLANE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WITH 3 PASSENGERS ON BOARD TOOK OFF FROM BARATARIA, LA AT APPROXIMATELY 0730CST TO THE CHANDELEUR ISLAND CHAIN.  AT APPROXIMATELY 0800CST THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A WATER LANDING, AND THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED OFF A WAVE DIRECTLY INTO THE CREST OF ANOTHER WAVE.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON IMPACT THE LEFT FLOAT INCURRED DAMAGE AND BEGAN FILLING WITH WATER AND SUBMERGED IT PARTLY DETACH FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE DANGLING FLOAT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL BOOM OF THE AIRPLANE AND THE WATER IMPACT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN ABOUT 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.  A NEARBY FISHING BOAT WAS ABLE TO PICK UP THE PASSENGERS AND PILOT AND MOVE THEM TO A NEARBY HOUSEBOAT WHERE THE PILOT INDICATED HE NOTIFIED HIS OFFICE OF THE CRASH.

## 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 CEN24LA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA150), Apr 5, 2024: Cessna U206B (N7896S), Chandeluer Islands, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper decision to attempt a landing on rough water conditions, which resulted in an impact with the water.

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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