# Incident 19940626025599I: Cessna 185, Crane Lake, MN, June 26, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: Crane Lake, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2666° N, 92.4885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crane Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2666&lon=-92.4885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1972U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1972U) (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 185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 60 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/19940626025599I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING ON GLASSY WATER DAMAGED FLOATS.

## Other reports on N1972U (1)

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

- [Accident 20060701014629A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060701014629A), Jul 1, 2006: Cessna A185E (N1972U), Clear Lake, MN, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) N1972U landed short of grass runway at Clear water and flipped over onto top of fuselage damaging prop, cowl, internal and external wing, and tail…

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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