- Date
- August 2, 1993, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kodiak, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9526FCessna 208
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19930802032789A
- Case key
- 2391
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Probable cause
The pilot in command did not use the airplane checklist. A factor was his diverted attention to other mission related activities.
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 amphibious airplane nosed over in the water after landing on the water with the wheels extended. The pilot said he had not used the airplane checklist because he was distracted and preoccupied by other mission related activities, such as radio communication, crosswinds, the weather, and his remaining fuel.
Factual narrative
On August 2, 1993, at 1500 Alaska daylight time, an amphibious Cessna 208 airplane, N9526F, operated by MarkAir, Inc., nosed over after landing on the water with the wheels extended at Geographic Harbor, located about 75 miles west of Kodiak, Alaska. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, sustained minor injuries, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The unscheduled domestic cargo flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 135, departed King Salmon, Alaska at 1426. Visual meteorological conditions existed, and a company VFR flight plan was filed.
During a telephone conversation with the pilot shortly after the accident, he stated that he "just failed to use and comply with the airplanes checklist to ensure that the wheels were retracted for the water landing". He further stated that he was very distracted and preoccupied with several other mission related activities.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9526F
- Reported as
- Cessna 208
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20800085
- Airframe hours
- 5,993
- Engine
- P&W PT6-114, 600 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Markair Express
- Registered owner
- Markair Express
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 28, 1993 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- Geographic Har., AK
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 30 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 106 in the last 90 days · 78 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 54 °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.