# NTSB CHI96LA177: Cessna U206, N5192U, Inver Grove, MN, May 28, 1996

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1996, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Inver Grove, MN
- Coordinates: 44.88002, -93.040649 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8800&lon=-93.0406&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 25, 1996
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 10259
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI96LA177
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/10259/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA177

## Probable cause

the pilot's improper recovery from the bounced landing.  The gusty wind condition was a factor.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5192U-1999-12-07), registration cancelled 1999-12-07, S/N 206-0192 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna U206
- Registry model: [Cessna 206](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-206) (registry code 2073302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 206-0192
- Airframe hours: 3191
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19960528027049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960528027049A), May 28, 1996: Cessna STC206CESSNA, Inver Grove Hgt, MN, Substantial damage. Skipped three times on water landing. Pontoon dug in. Flipped over. Floated. Blamed gusty surface winds. No sea rat (-23) at approimately 1708Z, on may 28,…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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