- Date
- December 29, 1987, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4820RCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871229075149I
- Case key
- 32052
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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
While water taxiing nw from the ramp to takeoff with the wind from the north at 22 KTS, the rt wing lifted resulting in the lt float digging into the water. The plt attempted to correct this by turning into the wind and applying full-up right aileron but was unable. The acft then rolled over and came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4820R
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20606809
- Airframe hours
- 2,356
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Key West Seaplane Service, Inc
- Registered owner
- Key West Seaplane Serv. Inc
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 8, 1987 · 71 hours before
- Destination
- DTF · Dry Tortugas Is, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EYW · Key West
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,870 total · 410 in this make and model · 7,651 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 22 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 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.