# Incident 19960706016469I: Cessna R172K, Juneau, AK, July 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1996, 17:07 local time
- Place: Juneau, AK
- Airport: Juneau International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 58.3547° N, 134.5785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUNEAU INTL (JNU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.3547&lon=-134.5785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N736MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N736MB-2010-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 985 total, 600 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706016469I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 7/6/96 AT 5:05 P.M., CESSNA 172XP, N736MB, OPERATED BY OWNER/PILOT DANIEL WETHERALL, WITH ONE PASSENGER BEGAN TAXIING ON THE JUNEAU FLOAT POND TO DEPART ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE FRONT OF THE AIRPLANE FLOATS BEGAN TAKING ON WATER. THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN, AIRPLANE TIPPED NOSE FIRST INTO WATER AND CONTINUED TO THE INVERTED POSITION AS THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE HAD JUST BEEN LAUNCHED AFTER BEING REMOVED FROM THE WATER IN SEPT 1995. NO INJURY OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE OCCURRED, OTHER THAN WATER DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N736MB (1)

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

- [Incident 19810813060619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810813060619I), Aug 13, 1981: Cessna R172K (N736MB), Skagnay, AK, Minor damage. Aborted landing due suspected failure. Landed skagway. Found float strut fitting failed.

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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