# Incident 19960623021449I: Cessna 185E, Mahoney Creek, ID, June 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1996, 10:30 local time
- Place: Mahoney Creek, ID
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2303Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2303Y) (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 185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960623021449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT REPORTED AS AIRCRAFT LEAVING MAHONEY CREEK AIRPORT, L/H MAIN GEAR STRUCK HOLE ON RUNWAY, CAUSING TAILWHEEL TO STRIKE RUNWAY. PILOT CONTINUED FLIGHT TO LEWISTON, ID. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION, FOUND DAMAGE TO SKIN AND STRINGER FWD OF L/H HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, (WRINKLED SKIN). GUSTIN AVIATION, (RON GUSTIN), ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ WILL FORWARD COPY OF 337 REPAIR TO THIS OFFICE ONCE COMPLETED. SEE RELATED PTRS ABOVE. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N2303Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20130409005909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130409005909A), Apr 9, 2013: Cessna A185E (N2303Y), Lewiston, ID, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Was departing his own private airstrip and collided with a rock during the takeoff roll. He struck the left main gear and tail wheel…
- [Accident 20060130001389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060130001389A), Jan 30, 2006: Cessna A185E (N2303Y), Deer Creek, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) At approximately 1130 hours on 01-30-2006, while landing at Deer Creek airport, a Private strip on the salmon river, the left hand landing gear leg broke…

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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