- Date
- October 20, 1984, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Menemsha, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8063ECessna 206
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841020061099A
- Case key
- 35635
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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
During climb out when the plt normally retracted the landing gear he was copying an IFR clearance. The gear were not retracted and upon touchdown in the pond the float acft nosed over in the 8 ft deep water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8063E
- Reported as
- Cessna 206
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U206C0926
- Engine
- Continental IO-520F, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wallace Barnes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1984 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- 4B8 · Plainville, CT
- Destination
- Menemsha, MA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 58
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,924 total · 429 in this make and model · 5,917 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8063E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.