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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185E · Iliamna, AK · September 17, 1979

Date: September 17, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place: Iliamna, AK
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4507F
Reported as: Cessna A185E
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 24,000 total5,500 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4507FRegistered now · Cessna A185ES/N 185-0989 · Built 1966 Airframe modelCessna A185E 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.

Ze gust of wind during takeoff tipped floatplane, wing tips hit the water.

As the FAA filed it

ZE GUST OF WIND DURING TAKEOFF TIPPED FLOATPLANE, WING TIPS HIT THE WATER.