- Date
- April 11, 1983, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Old Harbor, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N732FNCessna U-206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830411031019I
- Case key
- 4086
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft rt wing rose during the water takeoff & the left wing struck the water. After impact the aircraft sank. The pilot did not receive a weather briefing & a sigment for lowlevel turbulence was in effect.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N732FN
- Reported as
- Cessna U-206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U-20604669
- Airframe hours
- 2,978
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Flirite, Inc.
- Registered owner
- I. Marilyn Buker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 9, 1982 · 77 hours before
- Departed
- Kiavak Bay, AK
- Destination
- KDK · Kodiak, AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- OLH · Old Harbor
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,112 total · 3,470 in this make and model · 5,988 as pilot in command · 99 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N732FN · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.