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NTSB Identification: CEN14LA492
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, September 04, 2014 in Sault Ste Marie, MI
Probable Cause Approval Date: 03/10/2015
Aircraft: CAMPBELL SUPER BEARHAWK, registration: CFBCA
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot reported that he was attempting to land the airplane on a lake and that he misjudged the height of the airplane above the water, which he described as “glassy.” During the touchdown, the left float “dug in,” and the airplane subsequently nosed over. It is likely that the glassy water conditions adversely affected the pilot’s depth perception, which led to his subsequent failure to judge the height above the water.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot’s inadequate flare during landing on water with a glassy condition, which resulted in the airplane nosing over.
On September 4, 2014, about 1230 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Campbell Super Bearhawk, CFBCA, nosed over during landing on Lake George near Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. The recreational pilot was uninjured. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that was not operating on a flight plan. The flight departed from the Ste Marie River at 1145, and was destined for Lake George near Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.
The pilot reported that he was attempting a landing on Lake George when he misjudged the height of the airplane above the water, which he described as glassy. During the touchdown, the left float "dug in" and the airplane nosed over.
NTSB Identification: CEN14LA492
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, September 04, 2014 in Sault St. Marie, MI
Aircraft: CAMPBELL Super Bearhawk, registration: CFBCA
Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On September 8, 2014, at 1424 eastern daylight time, an amateur-built Campbell Super Bearhawk, CFBCA, nosed over during landing on a river near Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The pilot was uninjured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 as a personal flight that was not operating on a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight.
AIRCRAFT EXPERIMENTAL SUPER BEARHAWK, CFBCA, CANADIAN REGISTRY, FLIPPED OVER IN THE SAINT MARY’S RIVER NEAR SAULT STE MARIE, MI
Flight Standards District Office: FAA Grand Rapids FSDO-09
A small plane went down in St. Mary’s River near Sugar Island Thursday afternoon. OPP were dispatched to Bell’s point campground , U.S. Coast Guard and RCMP Marine assisted in the investigation.
Mike Miceli, a near by boater witnessed the crash of a small float plane. “We saw it coming in and then flipping over, my chum and I got in the boat went over to get him, he was already sitting on the pontoon the plane was completely flipped over”
The pilot was not injured in the incident. The male pilot did not want to comment to media. He was driven away in an SUV shortly after coming to shore and talking to OPP at the scene.
- Source: http://www.saultonline.com
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