19930917039829A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185 · Ketchikan, AK · September 17, 1993

Date
September 17, 1993 · 16:47 local
Place
Ketchikan, AK
Airport
Ketchikan Harbor Spb
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
EKQA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N84627
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC93LA184
Reported as
Cessna 185
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,150 total1,000 in this make and model250 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.

Floatplane struck large swell on the step on takeoff. Aborted and taxied back to dock. Damaged float and fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

FLOATPLANE STRUCK LARGE SWELL ON THE STEP ON TAKEOFF. ABORTED AND TAXIED BACK TO DOCK. DAMAGED FLOAT AND FUSELAGE.

NTSB investigation

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