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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 185D · Wetumpka, AL · April 11, 1997

Date
April 11, 1997 · 10:15 local
Place
Wetumpka, AL
Airport
Wetumpka Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Go Round (Aborted VFR)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N285BG
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA97LA137
Reported as
Cessna 185D
Reported engine
Continental IO520F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,345 total50 in this make and model40 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.

Lost power. Amphibious plane landed at airport right gear up. Engine restarted. Went around. Quit again. Out of fuel

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER. AMPHIBIOUS PLANE LANDED AT AIRPORT RIGHT GEAR UP. ENGINE RESTARTED. WENT AROUND. QUIT AGAIN.OUT OF FUEL

NTSB investigation

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