19850507058429A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Ketchikan, AK · May 7, 1985

Date
May 7, 1985 · 16:50 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Airport
Peninsula Point
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5313Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA85LA108
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,025 total2,000 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

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.

Water landing made with wheel extended. Aircraft flipped over. Pilot assumed he had pumped gear up on departure.

As the FAA filed it

WATER LANDING MADE WITH WHEEL EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. PILOT ASSUMED HE HAD PUMPED GEAR UP ON DEPARTURE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.