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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Sitka, AK · September 2, 1996

Date: September 2, 1996 · 10:45 local
Place: Sitka, AK
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N61984
Reported as: Cessna A185F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 17,000 total2,000 in this make and model300 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.

Narrative: aircraft departed sitcoh lake and climbed out to 1500 feet. Ten minutes into the flight the pilot heard a loud engine noise, lost one magneto and experienced heavy engine vibration. Pilot suspected a blown cylinder and performed an emergency landing on the water. Maintenance inspection revealed #6 cylinder threw a rod through the case damaging one magneto. Engine will be replaced with a serviceable unit.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SITCOH LAKE AND CLIMBED OUT TO 1500 FEET. TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD ENGINE NOISE, LOST ONE MAGNETO AND EXPERIENCED HEAVY ENGINE VIBRATION. PILOT SUSPECTED A BLOWN CYLINDER AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE WATER. MAINTENANCE INSPECTION REVEALED #6 CYLINDER THREW A ROD THROUGH THE CASE DAMAGING ONE MAGNETO. ENGINE WILL BE REPLACED WITH A SERVICEABLE UNIT.