# Incident 19811114084159I: Cessna 185E, Loon Lake, NY, November 14, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1981, 11:20 local time
- Place: Loon Lake, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5517° N, 74.0568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loon Lake, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5517&lon=-74.0568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4759Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4759Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19811114084159I

## Narrative

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

FLOAT PLANE WAS WATER TAXIING TO WARM ENGINE OIL FOR AN OIL CHANGE. AIRCRAFT STRUCK SOME ROCKS. DAMAGED 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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