NTSB · Safety Recommendation
Safety Recommendation A-95-017
Recommendation
THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE SEAPLANE PILOTS ASSOCIATION: DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FAA AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE BOATING LAW ADMINISTRATORS, MATERIALS TO EDUCATE SEAPLANE OPERATORS ABOUT REVISED FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS, ADVISORY CIRCULARS, AND VARIOUS STATE REQUIREMENTS REGARDING OPERATING THEIR PLANES ON WATER.
Safety Issue and Context
ON 7/31/94, AT 1550 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A FLOAT-EQUIPPED PIPER PA-12, N2368M, COLLIDED WITH A 16-FOOT CANOE ON THE WILLAMETTE RIVER 10 MILES NORTH OF SALEM, OREGON. TWO ADULTS IN THE CANOE WERE FATALLY INJURED; TWO CHILDREN IN THE CANOE WERE NOT INJURED.
Response History
December 12, 1996 · NTSB Correspondence · Seaplane Pilots Association
THIS SPA REPORT WAS ISSUED IN RESPONSE TO THE BOARD'S A-95-17 ISSUED IN THE BOARD'S A-95-17 ISSUED 2/23/96, TO THE SPA THAT ADDRESSED THE NEED TO DEVELOP & DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS TO EDUCATE SEAPLANE OPERATORS ABOUT SAFETY REQUIREMENTS REGARDING OPERATING THEIR SEAPLANES ON WATER. I WAS PLEASED TO OBSERVE THAT THE BOARD'S AVIATION ACCIDENT DATA BASE WHICH INCLUDES SEAPLANE ACCIDENTS HAD BEEN PUT TO GOOD USE. A-95-17 HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED "CLOSED--ACCEPTABLE ACTION." AS A RESULT OF SPA'S ACTIONS IN PUBLISHING THIS REPORT & RELEASING AN ARTICLE IN WATER FLYING THAT PROVIDES THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS WHEN OPERATING A SEAPLANE ON THE WATER.
October 3, 1996 · Recipient Response · Seaplane Pilots Association
MR. BOB RICHARDSON, SPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PROVIDED THE SPA'S "SEAPLANE COMPATIBILITY ISSUE" STUDY. THIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF THE BOARD'S A-95-17.