- Date
- June 21, 1991, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Rapids, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6503ACessna 180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910621023399A
- Case key
- 15103
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper airspeed during landing and the improper recovery from a bounced landing. Factors related to the accident were the pilot's lack of total experience in seaplanes and the gusty wind condition.
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 pilot reported he failed to maintain a proper airspeed during the landing approach to the southeast. The winds were also shifting from the southeast to the northeast during the approach. The seaplane bounced on landing and the right wing contacted the water. The seaplane then flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6503A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18032400
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Einarson Brths. Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Einarson Brths. Flying Service
- Departed
- INL · Intern'L Falls, MN
- Destination
- Bluewater Lake, MN
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 209 total · 15 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 12 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6503A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.