# Incident 19870525024199I: Cessna A185E, Seward, AK, May 25, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1987, 13:30 local time
- Place: Seward, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1232° N, 149.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seward, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1232&lon=-149.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1692M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1692M) (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 A185E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870525024199I

## Narrative

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

DURING WATER TAXI THE LEFT FLOAT STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBJECT. MECHANIC REPAIRED A TEAR NEAR THE FLOATS KEEL.

## Other reports on N1692M (2)

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

- [Incident 19961028037259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961028037259I), Oct 28, 1996: Cessna A185E (N1692M), Fairbanks, AK. Narrative: the airman towed an aircraft across the active runway 19L at fai without a clearance from ground control. Counseled airman on the correct procedures…
- [Accident 19960406026459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960406026459A), Apr 6, 1996: Cessna A185E (N1692M), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Ski plane veered landing on ski strip. Nosed over. Blamed wind gust. Lifted a wing. Side load broke off ski.

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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