- Date
- March 27, 1985, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N4944UCessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850327011259A
- Case key
- 31380
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After the acft departed the seaplane parking area, the plt noticed that the left float was taking on water. He initiated a turn back towards the ramp area & applied full power in an attempt to reach shallower water. As he apchd the parking area & was turning the acft out of the wind, a combination of wind, wave action & forward motion caused the left float to dig in. The acft then nosed over in about 4 ft of water. A post-crash exam of the left float revealed a 1-1/2 inch transverse split just forward of the bulkhead in the largest compartment of the float which allowed it to take on water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4944U
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 420605172
- Airframe hours
- 26,791
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-L, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Key West Seaplane Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1984 · 91 hours before
- Departed
- Dry Tortugas
- Destination
- EYW · Key West, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 9,600 total · 1,503 in this make and model · 193 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW
FAA reports on this event · 1
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