FOR SALE

Available for sale is a Cessna 208 Caravan amphibious aircraft offered in salvage condition following a freshwater landing occurrence.

During the landing, the pilots reportedly lost directional control and initiated a go-around. During the attempted go-around, the right wing contacted the water surface, followed by the left wing, and the aircraft subsequently came to rest on the water. The occurrence resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft.

Post-occurrence damage evaluation documentation has been provided covering the fuselage, left and right wings, flight controls, empennage, finlets, and both amphibious floats. The reports identify numerous damaged structural items requiring repair or replacement, together with several areas requiring NDT inspection. The aircraft is therefore being marketed strictly as a salvage / recovery / rebuild / parts opportunity, with no representation of airworthiness or economical repairability.

Aircraft: Cessna 208 Caravan
Configuration: Amphibian
Aircraft TTAF: 6,082.6 Hours
Landings: 12,123
Condition: Salvage / Damaged / Non-Airworthy
Occurrence Environment: Fresh Water
Damage Evaluation: Detailed component-level reports available
Sale Basis: AS-IS, WHERE-IS

The supplied damage reports consistently identify the aircraft at 6,082.6 TTAF and 12,123 landings.

Amphibious Float Installation

The aircraft is equipped with Wipaire 8000-series amphibious float assemblies.

Left Float Assembly

• P/N: 8A01000-075
• Reported Float Hours: 5,924.5 Hours

Right Float Assembly

• P/N: 8A01000-074
• Reported Float Hours: 5,924.5 Hours

The float inspection reports identify extensive component-level findings requiring repair and replacement. For example, the left float report identifies damaged structural bulkhead components requiring replacement. The right float report likewise identifies damaged and corroded components, including.

Wing Structure

Both wing assemblies have documented structural damage.

Left Wing Structure Assembly

• P/N: 2620000-1

Right Wing Structure Assembly

• P/N: 2620000-2

The wing evaluations call for NDT of critical areas including wing-to-carry-through spar attachment fittings, forward and aft spar lower caps, flap tracks, wing strut fittings, and wing-strut-to-front-spar attachments.

The right wing evaluation similarly identifies these inspection requirements and records damaged wing skin requiring replacement.

The left wing report additionally records the left spoiler assembly, P/N 2622187-25, as damaged and requiring replacement, and calls for a wing twist check.

Fuselage

The fuselage has undergone a dedicated preliminary damage evaluation. The inspection program includes critical structural areas such as fuselage-to-wing attach fittings, carry-through structure, landing gear fittings, door doublers, and other primary fuselage structure.

The report specifically calls for NDT of the fuselage-to-wing attach fitting lugs, lower forward carry-through bulkhead, main landing gear fitting, main landing gear attach fittings and aft carry-through bulkhead, and fuselage-to-wing carry-through attach fittings.

Additional documented fuselage findings include cracked components requiring replacement.

Flight Controls

The damage documentation covers both ailerons, both flaps, both elevators and the rudder.

Left Aileron Assembly

• P/N: 2624000-41

The left aileron has extensive structural findings. Among them, the report identifies a damaged forward rib requiring replacement and a damaged spar assembly requiring replacement.

Right Aileron Assembly

• P/N: 2624000-42

Documented damage includes spar/doubler and skin structure requiring replacement or repair.

Left Flap Assembly

• P/N: 2625000-59

Multiple trailing-edge and lower-skin sections are documented as damaged and requiring replacement with repair parts.

Right Flap Assembly

• P/N: 2625000-60

Multiple trailing-edge skins are documented as damaged and requiring replacement. A right-side vortex generator is additionally documented as disbonded and requiring replacement.

Left Elevator Assembly

• P/N: 2634000-45

Right Elevator Assembly

• P/N: 2634000-46

Both elevators have documented structural damage involving skins and other structural components requiring repair or replacement. The left elevator report, for example, identifies damaged leading-edge and trailing-edge skin assemblies.

Rudder Assembly

• P/N: 2633000-35

The rudder report identifies damaged lower-center and upper skins requiring replacement, with additional damage and corrosion findings elsewhere in the assembly.

Empennage

Horizontal Stabilizer Assembly

• P/N: 2632000-38

The horizontal stabilizer requires NDT of the forward and aft attachment points and spars. Its evaluation also identifies structural skin damage requiring replacement.

Vertical Fin Assembly

• P/N: 2631000-19

The vertical stabilizer evaluation calls for eddy-current inspection and identifies leading-edge skin damage requiring replacement.

Upper and Lower Finlets

The finlet inspection identifies corrosion, scratches and denting across the assemblies. The affected components are identified for repair.

Airframe Symmetry Check

A post-occurrence symmetry check was also supplied. The report records measurements between the firewall bulkhead datum, front wing attachment and rear bulkhead center datum, including approximately 6 ft 7 in / 6 ft 6.670 in forward measurements and 19 ft 11 in / 19 ft 10.875 in longitudinal measurements.

These measurements should be evaluated by a qualified Cessna structural repair organization and should not be interpreted in this listing as confirmation that the airframe is within factory dimensional tolerances.

Component Overview

This aircraft represents a substantial Cessna 208 Caravan salvage package with documented damage across multiple primary and secondary structures. The available engineering reports provide prospective buyers with considerably more preliminary structural information than is normally available with an accident-damaged aircraft.

The aircraft may have commercial potential for a specialist rebuild organization, Cessna Caravan parts supplier, structural repair facility, or buyer seeking recoverable components and assemblies. Any individual component intended for return to service must be independently inspected, tested, repaired or overhauled as applicable and released by an appropriately authorized organization.

Technical Highlights

• Cessna 208 Caravan amphibious configuration
• 6,082.6 aircraft hours TTAF
• 12,123 reported landings
• Freshwater occurrence
• Wipaire 8000-series amphibious float installation
• Left float P/N 8A01000-075 | S/N 80311
• Right float P/N 8A01000-074 | S/N 80312
• 5,924.5 reported hours on float assemblies
• Both wing assemblies included
• Fuselage included
• Horizontal and vertical stabilizer structures included
• Ailerons, flaps, elevators and rudder included
• Upper and lower finlets included
• Detailed preliminary damage evaluation reports available
• Structural repair and replacement requirements documented
• Multiple NDT inspection requirements documented
• Airframe symmetry check available
• Sold strictly in damaged salvage condition

The inventory is suitable for:

• Cessna Caravan operators
• Cessna 208 rebuild specialists
• Aircraft salvage companies
• Airframe structural repair facilities
• Caravan USM suppliers
• Wipaire float specialists
• Aircraft dismantlers
• MRO organizations
• Export and project-aircraft buyers