# NTSB CEN10WA486: Cessna T206, Hamburg Harbour, Germany, August 22, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 22, 2009, 12:52 local (12:52 UTC)
- Place: Hamburg Harbour, Germany
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investi
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77012
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10WA486
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77012/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10WA486

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 22, 2009, at 1252 coordinated universal time, a Cessna T206H, was substantially damaged when it nosed over during a water landing at Hamburg Harbour, Hamburg, Germany. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot was not injured; however, the two passengers on board the airplane were fatally injured. The flight originated from Airport Hamburg-Fuhlsbuttel, Hamburg, Germany. The German investigators reported that the pilot landed on the water with the landing gear extended. The airplane nosed over with the cabin coming to rest in the water. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the German government. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the German government or the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation Bundesstelle fur Flugunfalluntersuchung (BFU) Hermann-Blenk Strasse 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany

## Aircraft

- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206 (H)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: T20608740
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed: Hamburg
- Destination: Hamburg Harbour
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Hamburg Harbour

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 50 °F

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 30, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77012. 9 KB in all.

- Docket Insert - CEN10WA486 (item 1, .PDF, 9 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40335650&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Docket%20Insert%20-%20CEN10WA486-Master.PDF

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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