- Date
- May 28, 1996, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Inver Grove, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5192UCessna U206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960528027049A
- Case key
- 10259
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landing. The gusty wind condition was a factor.
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 that over the water during landing the winds were gusty. The pilot reported the airplane hit the water, skipped once, caught a float, and flipped over. The winds at an airport approximately three nautical miles from the accident location were 15 knots, gusting to 21 knots.
Factual narrative
On May 28, 1996, at 1400 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna U206, N5192U, was substantially damaged, when the aircraft flipped over during a water landing, at the Wipline Sea Plane Base, Inver Grove, Minnesota. After the aircraft flipped over, the private pilot and passenger exited the aircraft through the cabin doors. The pilot and the passenger were uninjured in the accident. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time of the 14 CFR Part 91 fight, and no flight plan was filed.
The pilot reported on the NTSB form 6120.1/2 that he had departed from Baudette, Minnesota en route to the Wipline Airport, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. The pilot wrote that before landing he checked the weather conditions on the radio. The pilot wrote that once over the river there were "... a couple of bad gusts." The pilot then reported that "... I hit the water and skipped once, caught a float, and flipped over." The winds at the South St. Paul, Fleming Airport, which is approximately three nautical miles from the accident location at 1416 cdt were 15 knots, gusting to 21 knots. The pilot did not list any aircraft component failures on the accident form.
Aircraft damage consisted of a fractured right pontoon, a twisted fuselage between the cabin and the empennage, and buckling of the wing skins.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5192U
- Reported as
- Cessna U206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 206-0192
- Airframe hours
- 3,191
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert L. Swanson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 10, 1996 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- BDE · Baudette, MN
- Destination
- 097
- Airport
- 094 · Wipline Seaplane Base
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 300 total · 80 in this make and model · 300 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 15 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- D97, 3 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.