# NTSB Accident CHI94FA262
> **GRUMMAN HU-16** · 1994-08-02 · ST. IGNACE, MI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI94FA262
- **Event ID:** 20001206X01985
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1994-08-02
- **Location:** ST. IGNACE, MI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.860076, -84.719215
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 9
- **Total aboard:** 13
## Aircraft
- **Make:** GRUMMAN
- **Model:** HU-16
- **Registration:** N7025N
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW GOOD SEAPLANE OPERATING PRACTICES BY TAXIING WITH POWER AT FORWARD THRUST, WITH A TAILWIND, AT A SPEED THAT NECESSITATED USING REVERSE THRUST TO ARREST THE EXCESSIVE SPEED, AND THE PILOT'S MISJUDGMENT OF HIS DISTANCE FROM THE BOAT. THE FAILURE OF THE LEFT PROPELLER REVERSING SYSTEM WAS A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT.

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