ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319876
| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2017 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Supervan 900 |
| Owner/operator: | Alaska Seaplanes |
| Registration: | N1265U |
| MSN: | 20800375 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2338 hours |
| Engine model: | Honeywell TPE331-12JR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Elfin Cove Seaplane Base, AK (ELV) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Juneau International Airport, AK (JNU/PAJN) |
| Elfin Cove SPB, AK (ELV/PAEL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of the float-equipped airplane reported that, during a water landing, he "misread the size of the swell". He added that, immediately after touchdown the airplane jumped a swell, which resulted in a tail low hard landing. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot's failure to recognize the magnitude of the swell size during landing, which resulted in
a tail-low hard water landing. "
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 2015 | N1265U | Kalinin Partners LLC | 0 | Tenakee, Alaska | |
unk |
| 26 June 2022 | N265KP | Alaska Seaplanes | 0 | Elfin Cove Seaplane Base, AK (ELV) | |
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