- Date
- July 27, 1989, 10:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- West Linn, OR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69CKKing Osprey II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 41055
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Probable cause
The pilot did not properly recover from a bounced water landing.
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.
Dragged wing,rotor,pod,float or tail/skid
Terrain condition - waterFactor
Level off - improperCause
Recovery from bounced landing - improperCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
During a landing on a river, the acft bounced twice and then cartwheeled when the left wingtip struck the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69CK
- Reported as
- King Osprey II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1169
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clyde L. King, Carole L. King
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- 3S2 · Aurora, OR
N69CKRegistration cancelled Jul 25, 1996 · King Clyde L OSPREY IIAirframe modelKing Clyde L OSPREY II
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 16 in this make and model · 32 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
Other investigations on N69CK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.