Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Tuesday 15 November 2005 |
Time: | 10:05 |
Type: | Cessna 208 Caravan I |
Operator: | Shoreline Aviation |
Registration: | N117SA |
MSN: | 20800117 |
First flight: | 1987 |
Engines: | 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | off South Hampton, NY ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | Stratford, CT, United States of America |
Destination airport: | Peconic Bay, NY, United States of America |
Narrative:The pilot was receiving instruction for a seaplane rating in a float-equipped Cessna 208 Caravan. Three water landings were made in Peconic Bay. During the fourth approach, while downwind at a height of 100 feet, the instructor simulated an engine failure by pulling the power lever back to idle. The pilot turned to land into the wind and was joined on the controls by the instructor. Power was not added and the Caravan landed hard in a descending turn. Upon landing, the left float separated from the airplane, and the airplane subsequently sank. The occupants were rescued by a fisherman.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The flight instructor's improper flare and his inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 133 days (4 months) | Accident number: | NYC06CA030 | Download report: | Summary report
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Classification:
Heavy landing
Runway mishap
Sources:
» FAA
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.