ILIAMNA, AK, USA
N9577G
CESSNA U-206C
THE ACFT DRAGGED A WING TIP & NOSED OVER WHILE LANDING ON A SMALL LAKE NEAR ILIAMNA, ALASKA. THE PASSENGER SEATED NEXT TO THE PIC STATED THAT THE PLT HAD CANCELLED HIS FLT PLAN PRIOR TO LANDING, CIRCLED THE LAKE & MADE A LONG FINAL APCH TO A TOUCHDOWN ON THE LAKE. THE PASSENGER FURTHER STATED THAT HE OBSERVED A X-WIND PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. APRX 3 TO 5 SECONDS AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE ROLLED TO THE RT & THE RT WING TIP STRUCK THE WATER, VEERING THE ACFT TO THE RT & NOSING OVER IN 8 TO 10 FT OF WATER. THE PASSENGER STATED THAT AS THIS WAS OCCURRING, THE PIC, SHOUTED 'CROSSWIND' VERY SURPRISED. AN AUTOPSY SHOWED THE PLT DIED FROM DROWNING.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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