- Date
- July 30, 1992, 16:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76TJTeal TSC-1A2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920730028259A
- Case key
- 15302
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's not following procedures/directives.
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
Waves on the lake were running two to three feet when the pilot of the amphibian airplane attempted to land. The airplane porpoised on initial touchdown and the porpoising continued with each bounce becoming more severe. The last entry into the water was on the nose of the airplane. The bow of the hull collapsed aft, the airplane inverted, and began to sink. The owners manual stated, 'note that the teal is FAA approved for operation in 12 inch waves.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76TJ
- Reported as
- Teal TSC-1A2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 038
- Airframe hours
- 414
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Gilfoil, John H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 15, 1991 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- NONE
- Airport
- NONE · Brennand'S Seaplane Base
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 23,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 5 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.