- Date
- April 9, 1991, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oak Island, MN
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9028De Havilland Beaver U-6A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910409009529A
- Case key
- 15039
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Probable cause
Unsuitable terrain was selected by the pilot. A factor related to the accident was the terrain/runway was composed of weak ice.
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.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - weak iceFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
The pilot said that while taxiing to a boat dock, after landing on a frozen lake, the right main landing gear broke through the ice. The acft sustained substantial damage to the right wing and right wing lift strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9028
- Reported as
- De Havilland Beaver U-6A (BEAVER U-6)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 803
- Engine
- P&W R-985-AN1, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Baudette Flying Service
- Departed
- BDE · Baudette, MN
- Airport
- Unk
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,332 total · 887 in this make and model · 3,192 as pilot in command · 142 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- INL, 80 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.