- Date
- August 12, 1988, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- White Lake, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4613ZCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880812032439A
- Case key
- 36011
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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
The float equipped aircraft made multiple takeoff attempts on a lake, getting airborne at least once prior to the accident. On the takeoff run that terminated in the accident, the pilot turned into an inlet after getting airborne with insufficent room to turn the aircraft around. Witnesses said the engine sounded good. The aircraft started a left turn and the nose was then observed to fall through the horizon with the aircraft making contact with the water in a nose low, left wing low attitude. Rescuers had removed both occupants from the submerged aircraft within 5-10 minutes after the accident. Both occupants were wearing seat belts, however, the shoulder harnesses were not used. The aircraft was between 80-250 lbs over gross wt at takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4613Z
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TU20605984
- Airframe hours
- 1,291
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William F. Addington
- Registered owner
- Aero Vontura, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 10, 1988 · 83 hours before
- Destination
- BWI · Baltimore, MD
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- White Lake
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 600 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- UCA, 25 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.