- Date
- May 29, 1987, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3970GCessna U206C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 13769
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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.
Nose over
Flare - improperCause
Analysis
The plt rprtd that drg a water lndg, the left float dug in & caused the left wing to strike the water. Subsequently, the acft nosed over. The plt did not rprt any abnormal wind or water condition.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3970G
- Reported as
- Cessna U206C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4206-0970
- Airframe hours
- 3,124
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jack Hazen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1987 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- Prairie Lake, MN
- Destination
- GPZ
- Airport
- BPZ · Grand Rapids Itasca Co
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
- 73
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 28,470 total · 1,500 in this make and model · 28,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPZ, 1 nm away
Other investigations on N3970G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.