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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Anchorage, AK · April 5, 1988

Date
April 5, 1988 · 13:30 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N1836R
Reported as
Cessna A185F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total4,000 in this make and model40 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.

Made high speed taxi on float on a frozen lake to check reaction. Struck a pipe protuding from ice. Flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

MADE HIGH SPEED TAXI ON FLOAT ON A FROZEN LAKE TO CHECK REACTION.STRUCK A PIPE PROTUDING FROM ICE. FLIPPED OVER.