# Incident 19801115079789I: Cessna STC185, Seattle, WA, November 15, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87ST, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N87ST) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 315 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801115079789I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AMPHIB, WHEELS FAILED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. FLOAT, LIFTED BY FORKLIFT, BLOCKED, WHEELS PUMPED DOWN, PLANE TAXIED AWAY.

## Other reports on N87ST (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120728018139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120728018139I), Jul 28, 2012: Cessna A185F (N87ST), King Salmon, AK, Minor damage. The aircraft ground looped on landing no damage other than a flat tire.
- [Accident 19750803040659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750803040659A), Aug 3, 1975: Cessna A185F (N87ST), Sitka, AK, Substantial damage. Lnd in wake of barge. Hit boom stick moored to log boom with r float.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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