ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322285
| Date: | Tuesday 15 November 2005 |
| Time: | 10:05 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | Shoreline Aviation |
| Registration: | N117SA |
| MSN: | 20800117 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off South Hampton, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Stratford, CT |
| Peconic Bay, NY | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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: "The flight instructor's improper flare and his inadequate remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing."
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