- Date
- July 6, 2021, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Roche Harbor, WA · Seaport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N456SBQuest Kodiak 100
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other
- 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
- 20210706022989A
- Case key
- 104856
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 maintain bank control during the landing roll which resulted in the right wing impacting the water’s surface.
Findings · 2
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-equipped airplane reported that, during a water landing the left wing lifted, and the right wing struck the water’s surface. The right-wing aileron was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N456SB
- Reported as
- Quest Kodiak 100
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 100-0196
- Built
- 2016
- Airframe hours
- 206.2
- Engine
- P & W PT6A-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Surfbird Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Surfbird Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 11, 2020
- Departed
- KBFI · Seattle, WA
- Destination
- W39 · Friday Harbor, WA
- Airport
- W39 · Roche Harbor Seaplane Base
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 24, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 5,140 total · 40 in this make and model · 3,517 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.98 inHg
- Observed at
- KFHR, 7 nm away
- METAR
- KFHR 062253Z AUTO 11004KT 10SM CLR 22/13 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP152 T02170133 TSNO=
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 MB 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.