# Incident 19970912029519I: Cessna A185F, Rochester, NY, September 12, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1997, 14:00 local time
- Place: Rochester, NY
- Airport: Greater Rochester Internationa
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1548° N, 77.6156° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rochester, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1548&lon=-77.6156&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1743R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1743R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970912029519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1997, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 EDT, A CESSNA 185F ON AMPHIBIOUS EDO FLOATS, REGISTERED TO PBC, INC., LANDED ON RUNWAY 25 AT ROCHESTER/MONROE COUNTY AIRPORT WITH THE WHEELS RETRACTED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT'S FLOATS SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE PILOT HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT ITHACA, NY ON SEPTERMBER 12, 1997, AT 1315 EDT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N1743R (1)

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

- [Incident 19991107031889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991107031889I), Nov 7, 1999: Cessna A185F (N1743R), Syracuse, NY. (-23) On November 7, 1999, at 12:25 EDT, a Cessna CE-185F, s/n 18502463, piloted by janet pendergraph, landed the airfcraft on runway 33, in Syracuse, NY with…

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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