- Date
- August 22, 1991, 12:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Block Island, RI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N756UFCessna TU206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910822036219A
- Case key
- 36994
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Probable cause
Improper planning/decision by the pilot by electing to takeoff with a known deficiency with the equipment. The deficiency (cracked/leaking float) was a related factor.
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 pilot landed his amphibious plane in a harbor. While taxiing to the dock, the plane struck a submerged object with the left float. The pilot pulled the airplane upon the beach, checked the float and found a crack. He pumped the float dry and made a decision to takeoff. However, he aborted the takeoff, when he noted the left float was filling with water. Subsequently, the left float dipped under the water and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N756UF
- Reported as
- Cessna TU206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U20604361
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-M, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roebling Aviation
- Registered owner
- Roebling Aviation
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- BID · Block Island, RI
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
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,990 total · 1,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.