- Date
- August 21, 2021, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kodiak, AK · Lake Miam
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4334YDehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20210821014679A
- Case key
- 103784
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing and nose over.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that he was practicing glassy water landings in his float-equipped airplane. On his 5th landing of the day, the floatplane landed hard, bounced twice, and came to rest inverted in the water sustaining substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the floatplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4334Y
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-2 MK. I(L20A)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1401
- Built
- 1959
- Airframe hours
- 14,200
- Engine
- P&W R-985 SERIES, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Float Plane Investments LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 2, 2020
- Departed
- 9Z3 · Kodiak, AK
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 4, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 199.9 total · 105.5 in this make and model · 97.6 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- PADQ, 18 nm away
- METAR
- PADQ 211653Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 12/07 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP217 T01220067
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 18, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 3.9 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.