ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319712
| Date: | Thursday 15 March 2018 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | West Coast Air Services |
| Registration: | VH-PGA |
| MSN: | 20800312 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Talbot Bay, WA -
 Australia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
The float equipped Cessna 208 Caravan I was on an aircraft familiarisation flight, when the pilot flared the aircraft late on final approach and landed hard resulting in substantial damage to the floats and airframe. The floats lost buoyancy and the aircraft subsequently sank.
Sources:
ATSB 201801158
www.abc.net.au
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