# NTSB SEA89LA067: Cessna TU206, N7551Z, Anacortes, WA, March 18, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 18, 1989, 13:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place: Anacortes, WA
- Coordinates: 48.460147, -122.600784 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4601&lon=-122.6008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 22, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA89LA067
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40995/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA89LA067

## Probable cause

THE PILOT DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IMPROPER FLARE & HARD LANDING. HIS LACK OF RECENT FLYING EXPERIENCE WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Other gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,float assembly - overload
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS ON HIS 1ST FLT IN 90 DAYS. HE STATED THAT WHILE ON AN APCH FOR A WATER LNDG, HE WAS FOCUSING ON THE BEACH TO GUAGE HIS DISTANCE FROM THE SHORE, WHEN THE FLOATPLANE HIT THE WATER BEFORE HE HAD EXPECTED. THE FLOATPLANE THEN BOUNCED HIGH & CONTACTED THE WATER AGAIN. ON THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT FLOAT BUCKLED, THEN THE PLANE NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7551Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7551Z), registered now, S/N U20606365 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206
- Registry model: [Cessna TU206G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-tu206g) (registry code 2073357) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6365
- Airframe hours: 1141
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-M 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Katherine Fletcher
- Registered owner: Katherine Fletcher
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 1, 1988, 78 hours before
- Departed: WA47, RENTON, WA
- Airport: Brigantine Bay

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 384 total, 318 in this make and model, 336 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 46 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890318007459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890318007459A), Mar 18, 1989: Cessna TU206F, Anacortes, WA, Substantial damage. Failed to flare for water landing buckling the right float. Aircraft skidded sideways and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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