- Date
- July 28, 2020, 07:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hunts Point, WA · Lake
- Injuries
- 2 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N856TCQuest Kodiac 100
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20200728008569A
- Case key
- 101691
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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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to retract the landing gear during a water landing, which resulted in a nose over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to properly use a prelanding checklist.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the amphibious float plane departed from a lake to a local airfield to refuel. After refueling, he departed the airport but neglected to retract the landing gear and he flew back to the same lake. During the touchdown, the float plane nosed over, and the engine truss was substantially damaged. The pilot added that he would modify his takeoff and prelanding checklist procedure to better verify the configuration of the landing gear. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe and engine that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N856TC
- Reported as
- Quest Kodiac 100 (No Series)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 100-0041
- Built
- 2010
- Airframe hours
- 504
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6-344, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Cly Aviation Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 2020 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- KBFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- WA32 · Seaplane Scenics Carillon Point
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather
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
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 7, 2018
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 2,184 total · 520 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,100 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.95 inHg
- Observed at
- KBFI, 5 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 9, 2021, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 916 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.