- Date
- June 12, 1992, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, ME
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2816KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920612043339A
- Case key
- 37172
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Probable cause
The pilots decision to initiate a step turn into the wind. Factors related to the accident were the crosswind and gusts.
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 on water with winds from 320 degrees at 25 KTS, with gusts to 30 KTS. After touchdown, and while still on the step, he turned the airplane 40 degrees to the right for additional maneuvering room, prior to making a planned 180 degree step turn to the left. During the initial turn to the left, a gust of wind caught the airplane and submerged the right float despite pilot input on the ailerons. The airplane nosed over in the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2816K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053087
- Airframe hours
- 1,514
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles F. Later
- Registered owner
- Daniel L. Peabody
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 11, 1992 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- 3B1 · Greenville, ME
- Destination
- 52B · Greenville, ME
- Airport
- 52B · Greenville Seaplane Base, runway 32, 6,000 × ft, water
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,750 total · 200 in this make and model · 1,650 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 25 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.