- Date
- June 26, 2022, 11:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place
- Elfin Cove, AK
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N265KPCessna 208
- Defining event
- Takeoff: 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
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 105388
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 failure to maintain directional control during takeoff which resulted in an impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s momentary distraction from conflicting boat traffic.
Findings · 2
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 of the float and wheel-equipped airplane reported that while the airplane was accelerating on the water for takeoff it veered to the right. While attempting to correct for the veer, he noticed a skiff in his departure path, which caused a momentary distraction. Unable to correct for the veer he aborted the takeoff but was unable to avoid an impact with the rocky shoreline, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and aileron. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N265KP
- Reported as
- Cessna 208
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20800375
- Airframe hours
- 6,130
- Engine
- Honeywell Aerospace TPE331-12JR, 900 hp, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Kalinin Partners LLC, doing business as Alaska Seaplanes
- Registered owner
- Kalinin Partners LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 3, 2022
- Destination
- Juneau, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- ELV · Elfin Cove
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, 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
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- October 15, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 5-point
- Flight hours
- 3,146 total · 221 in this make and model · 3,032 as pilot in command · 151 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.28 inHg
- Observed at
- PAGS, 26 nm away
- METAR
- PAGS 261956Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM CLR 18/12 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP253 T01780122
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 7, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.0 MB in all.