C208 amphibian aircraft. Reporter pilot was receiving instruction and instructor contributed to landing short, because he was holding forward yoke pressure and told reporter to land at very end of runway. Landing gear broke off. Aircraft skidded on right float.

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Attributes
ACN	374852
Time
Date	199707
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ggt
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	general aviation : corporate
Make Model Name	Caravan 1 208A
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : trainee
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4300 flight time type : 5
ASRS Report	374852
Person 2
Affiliation	Other
Function	instruction : instructor
Qualification	pilot : cfi
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground critical non adherence : far other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was being given instruction in a seaplane that was new to me. At the time of occurrence I was instructed to land on the very beginning of a 2000 ft hard surface runway. As I was lined up on final, I planned on touching down approximately 10-15 ft from the approach end. The other pilot had put some pressure (forward) on the yoke and told me to land on the very end. So I held the descent angle that the other pilot had instructed me to hold. When we had gotten close enough to the runway, I knew it would be short so I had given some more power to the engine, but it didn't carry us far enough. We landed on the unfinished section of runway at the very beginning. The landing gear had broken off causing the airplane to skid on its floats (right side only). The type of aircraft was a C208 amphibian. The approach was over water to a short runway. I believe if I had kept the original angle of descent to the runway we would have landed with enough runway to stop. It's possible that the water may have given us some false impressions that we were higher than we expected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C208 AMPHIBIAN ACFT. RPTR PLT WAS RECEIVING INSTRUCTION AND INSTRUCTOR CONTRIBUTED TO LNDG SHORT, BECAUSE HE WAS HOLDING FORWARD YOKE PRESSURE AND TOLD RPTR TO LAND AT VERY END OF RWY. LNDG GEAR BROKE OFF. ACFT SKIDDED ON R FLOAT.

Narrative: I WAS BEING GIVEN INSTRUCTION IN A SEAPLANE THAT WAS NEW TO ME. AT THE TIME OF OCCURRENCE I WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND ON THE VERY BEGINNING OF A 2000 FT HARD SURFACE RWY. AS I WAS LINED UP ON FINAL, I PLANNED ON TOUCHING DOWN APPROX 10-15 FT FROM THE APCH END. THE OTHER PLT HAD PUT SOME PRESSURE (FORWARD) ON THE YOKE AND TOLD ME TO LAND ON THE VERY END. SO I HELD THE DSCNT ANGLE THAT THE OTHER PLT HAD INSTRUCTED ME TO HOLD. WHEN WE HAD GOTTEN CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE RWY, I KNEW IT WOULD BE SHORT SO I HAD GIVEN SOME MORE PWR TO THE ENG, BUT IT DIDN'T CARRY US FAR ENOUGH. WE LANDED ON THE UNFINISHED SECTION OF RWY AT THE VERY BEGINNING. THE LNDG GEAR HAD BROKEN OFF CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO SKID ON ITS FLOATS (R SIDE ONLY). THE TYPE OF ACFT WAS A C208 AMPHIBIAN. THE APCH WAS OVER WATER TO A SHORT RWY. I BELIEVE IF I HAD KEPT THE ORIGINAL ANGLE OF DSCNT TO THE RWY WE WOULD HAVE LANDED WITH ENOUGH RWY TO STOP. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE WATER MAY HAVE GIVEN US SOME FALSE IMPRESSIONS THAT WE WERE HIGHER THAN WE EXPECTED.

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.