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GA small aircraft frt aircraft is blown over waiting on the water in a bay for the cargo to be picked up.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 182691 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199106 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ehm |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | ground : holding ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 182691 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Landed aircraft in bay west of cape pierce on south side of land mass. WX was quite good except for local strong north winds 20-25 KTS outside of bay. Cape newenham winds (awk) had been out of the north at approximately 6 KTS. While on water with flaps retracted and engine shut off, a strong gust of wind form the west (left side) struck the aircraft. The left wing lifted, causing aircraft to roll over in the water to the right. Reporter exited aircraft through window and stayed dry by climbing on top of floats as aircraft continued to roll over. Supply boat which was to pick up cargo going from the aircraft to the ship instead picked up pilot and aided with the initial salvage efforts. While aircraft was undamaged at time of being blown over, other than sale water effects, it was subsequently damaged during various phases of the salvage operation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA SMA FRT ACFT IS BLOWN OVER WAITING ON THE WATER IN A BAY FOR THE CARGO TO BE PICKED UP.
Narrative: LANDED ACFT IN BAY W OF CAPE PIERCE ON S SIDE OF LAND MASS. WX WAS QUITE GOOD EXCEPT FOR LCL STRONG N WINDS 20-25 KTS OUTSIDE OF BAY. CAPE NEWENHAM WINDS (AWK) HAD BEEN OUT OF THE N AT APPROX 6 KTS. WHILE ON WATER WITH FLAPS RETRACTED AND ENG SHUT OFF, A STRONG GUST OF WIND FORM THE W (LEFT SIDE) STRUCK THE ACFT. THE LEFT WING LIFTED, CAUSING ACFT TO ROLL OVER IN THE WATER TO THE RIGHT. RPTR EXITED ACFT THROUGH WINDOW AND STAYED DRY BY CLBING ON TOP OF FLOATS AS ACFT CONTINUED TO ROLL OVER. SUPPLY BOAT WHICH WAS TO PICK UP CARGO GOING FROM THE ACFT TO THE SHIP INSTEAD PICKED UP PLT AND AIDED WITH THE INITIAL SALVAGE EFFORTS. WHILE ACFT WAS UNDAMAGED AT TIME OF BEING BLOWN OVER, OTHER THAN SALE WATER EFFECTS, IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DAMAGED DURING VARIOUS PHASES OF THE SALVAGE OPERATION.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.