# NTSB NYC06CA030: Cessna 208, N117SA, Southampton, NY, November 15, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 15, 2005, 10:05 local (15:05 UTC)
- Place: Southampton, NY
- Coordinates: 40.933334, -72.5
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9333&lon=-72.5000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 28, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 62822
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC06CA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/62822/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA030

## Probable cause

The flight instructor's improper flare and his inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - flare - improper, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - remedial action - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)

## Analysis

The certificated airline transport pilot was receiving instruction for a seaplane rating.  He made three water landings in a float-equipped seaplane, and after the third landing, the flight instructor told him to climb to and maintain 100 feet.  The pilot climbed the airplane to the assigned altitude, and made a left turn to a downwind leg at 80-85 knots.  Once on the downwind leg, the instructor simulated an engine failure by pulling the power lever back to idle, and the pilot receiving instruction began a left turn to land into the wind.  The instructor then told him to turn to the right, and subsequently joined him on the controls for the right turn.  Neither pilot added power, and the airplane "landed hard," in a descending right turn, at an estimated 45-90 degrees from the wind line.  Upon landing, the left float separated from the airplane, and the airplane subsequently sank.  No mechanical anomalies were noted.

## Factual narrative

The certificated airline transport pilot was receiving instruction for a seaplane rating.  He made three water landings in a float-equipped seaplane, and after the third landing, the flight instructor told him to climb to and maintain 100 feet.  The pilot climbed the airplane to the assigned altitude, and made a left turn to a downwind leg at 80-85 knots.  Once on the downwind leg, the instructor simulated an engine failure by pulling the power lever back to idle, and the pilot receiving instruction began a left turn to land into the wind.  The instructor then told him to turn to the right, and subsequently joined him on the controls for the right turn.  Neither pilot added power, and the airplane "landed hard," in a descending right turn, at an estimated 45-90 degrees from the wind line.  Upon landing, the left float separated from the airplane, and the airplane subsequently sank.  No mechanical anomalies were noted.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N117SA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 208
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20800117
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PT6-114A turbo prop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Shorline Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: BDR, Stratford, CT
- Destination: NONE, Peconic Bay, NY

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 34; injuries: none; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1; flight hours: 6,940 total, 1,878 in this make and model
- Student pilot; injuries: none

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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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