- Date
- August 22, 1984, 20:40 local (Aug 23, 1984, 04:40 UTC)
- Place
- Viekoda Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4877YCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4343
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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
Before taking off, the plt had become preoccupied with pumping water from the floats & allowed the acft to drift downwind from a fishing vessel. He then elected to takeoff into the wind which was also directly toward the sun. After making a normal rough water takeoff, the acft had climbed to about 30 ft AGL when the plt saw the silouette of the fishing vessel's rigging in the sun glare. He tried to avoid a collision, but was unable. The acft hit a mast on the vessel, then crashed in the bay.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4877Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20605561
- Airframe hours
- 2,255
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Island Air Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 16, 1984 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- ADQ · Kodiak, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,490 total · 1,438 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 150 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 20 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg