# Incident 19900518057589I: Cessna 185F, St Helens, OR, May 18, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1990, 15:03 local time
- Place: St Helens, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8563° N, 122.8172° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Helens, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8563&lon=-122.8172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185CF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N185CF-2013-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185F (registry code 2072820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185F
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 250 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900518057589I

## Narrative

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

DURING WATER TAXI TO DOCK, WING STRUCK A HOUSEBOAT.

## Other reports on N185CF (1)

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

- [Accident 20020901025869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020901025869A), Sep 1, 2002: Cessna 185F (N185CF), Portalsworth, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On 9/01/2002 about 0900 adt, a float-equipped Cessna 185 airplane, N185CF, sustained damage during a collision with terrain, about 14 miles southeast of…

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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