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| Date: | Wednesday 4 September 2024 |
| Time: | 17:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX |
| Owner/operator: | Haugland Group Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N143CA |
| MSN: | 208B5516 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2019 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-140 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New York Skyports Seaplane Base, NY (6N7) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | New York Skyports Seaplane Base, NY (6N7) |
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| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot explained that there was nothing wrong with the amphibious airplane as he completed his seventh previous flights that day and began his eighth takeoff from a river. During the takeoff, the airplane “struck a very strong wake and felt the wing might have hit the wake” but he continued the takeoff. Once in flight, the pilot saw damage beneath the left wing and diverted to the airplane’s base at a nearby airport. A post- landing inspection revealed that the left wing sustained substantial damage.
The “dockhand” said the pilot rushed him to his place in the right front seat in an effort to outrace the wake of a 600-passenger, high-speed ferry crossing their takeoff path. He took his seat and buckled his seat belt when the airplane was “already on the move,” and during the takeoff run, the airplane was “rocked around by the choppy water in the river and hit the wake of the [ferry].”
The dockhand said he’d flown in the right seat with several different pilots from the same river location, and that “every one of them would wait for the wake to diminish before trying to launch.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s improper decision to rush his departure, which resulted in a rough water encounter and collision with the wake of a passing ferry boat.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195077
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N143CA
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N143CA/history/20240904/2059Z/KFRG/KISP
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 April 2021 | N143CA | Haugland Group Aviation LLC | 0 | near Laceyville, PA | |
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| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
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Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2024 16:22 | ASN | Added |
| 09-Sep-2024 16:23 | ASN | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 13-Jan-2025 21:25 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Category, Accident report, ] |
| 23-Mar-2025 00:50 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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