<< >> NASA ASRS Report 182691, June 1991

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.

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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.