19790428025209I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Seattle, WA · April 28, 1979

Date: April 28, 1979 · 15:00 local
Place: Seattle, WA
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N534ST
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 80 total20 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N534STRegistration cancelled Aug 11, 2005 · Cessna A185FS/N 185-03534 · Built 1977 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Seaplane pilot landed across a boat wake, then lost control. After stopping, left float sank, turned upside down.

As the FAA filed it

SEAPLANE PILOT LANDED ACROSS A BOAT WAKE, THEN LOST CONTROL. AFTER STOPPING, LEFT FLOAT SANK, TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.