- Date
- October 6, 1983, 18:42 local (Oct 7, 1983, 01:42 UTC)
- Place
- Meyers Chuck, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8744QCessna U206G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831007053159A
- Case key
- 39844
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt reported that the tide was out, so he was unable to takeoff in the protected bay at Meyers Chuck, AK. With the tide out, there was insufficient room in the bay, so he elected to takeoff on the ocean side of the area. During takeoff, a large wave was struck which broke the front struts. The right wing then struck the water & the acft nosed over.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8744Q
- Reported as
- Cessna U206G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- U2060397
- Airframe hours
- 637
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-F-9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cleo Pulis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 10, 1982
- Destination
- Thorne Bay, AK
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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,999 total · 701 in this make and model · 1,930 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KTN, 30 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.