# NTSB ANC82DA042: Cessna U206, N4877X, Ouzinkie, AK, May 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1982, 13:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Ouzinkie, AK
- Coordinates: 60.050708, -149.33023 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0507&lon=-149.3302&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72124
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC82DA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72124/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA042

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s) (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition (contributing factor)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT MADE HIS LANDING APPROACH OVER THE VILLAGE SO AS TO LAND THE FLOAT PLANE ON THE BAY AND INTO A 30 KNOT HEAD WIND. WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT'S RATE OF DESCENT INCREASED. THE PILOT ADDED FULL POWER AND STARTED TO RAISE THE NOSE, BUT THE PLANE STRUCK THE BEACH IN ABOUT SIX INCHES OF WATER. THE PLANE BOUNCED INTO THE BAY AND REMAINED AFLOAT, BUT BOTH WINGS AND BOTH FLOATS WERE DAMAGED. THE WATER RUDDERS WERE UNUSABLE, BUT THE PLANE WAS TAXIED TO A BEACH BY SAILING AND USING POWER. THE PILOT BELIEVED HE HAD ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR DURING THE LANDING APPROACH; HOWEVER, WIND SHEAR WAS NOT VERIFIED. THE AIRCRAFT'S CENTER-OR-GRAVITY WAS NEAR THE FORWARD LIMIT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4877X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4877X-1984-12-11), registration cancelled 1984-12-11, S/N U20605561, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206
- Registry model: [Cessna U206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u206g) (registry code 2073356) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20605561
- Airframe hours: 887
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Robert F. Stanford
- Registered owner: Robert F. Stanford
- Departed: 9Z3, KODIAK, AK
- Destination: Q59, FREMONOT, CA
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: KOZ, Ouzinkie Seaplane Base

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,649 total, 111 in this make and model, 2,467 as pilot in command, 193 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 135° at 30 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 117 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820527020069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820527020069A), May 27, 1982: Cessna 206CESSNA, Ouzinkie, AK, Substantial damage. Entered high sink rate on final for a water landing. Landed short in shallow water near beach. Floats hit bottom.

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.

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