Accident Cessna TU206 N7551Z, Saturday 18 March 1989

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Date:	Saturday 18 March 1989
Time:	14:35 LT
Type:	Cessna TU206
Owner/operator:	Katherine Fletcher
Registration:	N7551Z
MSN:	6365
Total airframe hrs:	1141 hours
Engine model:	Continental TSIO-520-M
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Anacortes, WA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Renton, WA (WA47)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT WAS ON HIS 1ST FLT IN 90 DAYS. HE STATED THAT WHILE ON AN APCH FOR A WATER LNDG, HE WAS FOCUSING ON THE BEACH TO GUAGE HIS DISTANCE FROM THE SHORE, WHEN THE FLOATPLANE HIT THE WATER BEFORE HE HAD EXPECTED. THE FLOATPLANE THEN BOUNCED HIGH & CONTACTED THE WATER AGAIN. ON THE 2ND TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT FLOAT BUCKLED, THEN THE PLANE NOSED OVER.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT DIVERTED HIS ATTENTION DURING THE LANDING, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IMPROPER FLARE & HARD LANDING. HIS LACK OF RECENT FLYING EXPERIENCE WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

Accident investigation: