- Date
- June 2, 1991, 15:25 local (22:25 UTC)
- Place
- Friday Harbor, WA
- Injuries
- 7 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N21LUde Havilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910602018419A
- Case key
- 41442
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor preflight planning/preparation. Contributing to the accident were: the pilot did not maintain a proper clearance from an object, the pilot misjudged the wind conditions, and delayed remedial action.
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
During the take off water run in a floatplane, with a crosswind from the right at 20 knots, the airplane lifted off and attained an altitude of no more than 15 feet, when the pilot opted to abort the take off. Just as the pilot reduced power, the left wing collided with a moored tug boat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21LU
- Reported as
- de Havilland Beaver DHC-2 MK.1 (BEAVER DHC)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6617
- Airframe hours
- 2,292
- Engine
- P&W R-985 AN14B, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Lake Union Air Service
- Registered owner
- Lake Union Air Service
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 22, 1991 · 43 hours before
- Destination
- WA57 · Seattle, WA
- Flight plan
- Company VFR
- Airport
- WA24 · Friday Harbor
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 1,050 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.