# Accident 20000307008749A: Cessna 185, Incline Village, NV, March 7, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 7, 2000, 10:00 local time - Place: Incline Village, NV - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 39.2404° N, 119.9207° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2404&lon=-119.9207&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4021Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4021Y-2003-02-06) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 185 - Reported engine: CONT IO520D - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 6,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA115) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000307008749A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) AIRCRAFT IS A CESSNA 185 MOUNTED ON EDO FLOATS. INCORPORATED IS A SET OF HYDRAULIC ACTUATED RETRACTING WHEEL/LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. THE PILOT DEPARTED THE TRUCKEE, CA AIRPORT (ASPHALT RUNWAY) WITH ONE PASSENGER TO LAND ON LAKE TAHOE AT THE NORTH END AT INCLINE VILLAGE, NV. (ABOUT A 15 MINUTE FLIGHT). THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR, NO WIND AND SMOOTH WATER. ABOUT 10:00 AM THE PILOT SET UP A NORMAL APPROACH. UPON CONTACT WITH THE WATER, THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY FLIPPED ON ITS BACK AND BEGAN TO SINK. THE WINDSHIELD BROKE OUT AND THE CABIN FILLED WITH WATER. FORTUNATELY BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR INJURIES DUE TO THE 5 POINT SEAT HARNESSES. BOTH SWAM OUT OF THE CABIN THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR, THE PILOTS WIFE WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT FROM THE SHORE AND IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR HELP. AFTERWARD, THE FLOATS WERE VISIBLE AND PHOTOGRAPHED WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED IN THE DOWN POSITION. (.4)ON MARCH 7, 2000, AT 1000 HOURS PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 185, N4021Y, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT, EQUIPPED WITH AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS, FLIPPED INVERTED DURING LANDING ON WATER AT LAKE TAHOE, NEAR INCLINE VILLAGE, NEVADA. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT CERTIFICATED PILOT AND ONE PASSEN GER RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY THE OWNER AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, DEPARTED FROM TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT, TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA, ABOUT 0940. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. A NEWSPAPER REPORTER, WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE NEAR SKI BEACH ABOUT 1030, REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN PULLED CLOSE TO SHORE WHEN SHE ARRIVED BUT ALL SHE COULD SEE WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE FLOATS WITH THE WHEELS EXTENDED. A WITNESS TOLD THE REPORTER THAT HE HAD SEEN THE FLOATPLANE APPROACH AND LAND, AND, THAT JUST AS IT TOUCHED THE WATER, THE NOSE "BUCKLED UNDER." THE PILOT REPORTED THAT IT WAS HIS INTENT TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AFTER TAKEOFF AT TRUCKEE AND MAKE ONE LANDING THERE. WHILE ON DOWNWIND, HOWEVER, WITH THE WHEELS EXTENDED FOR A TERRAIN LANDING, HE NOTICED THE WEATHER DETERIORATING FROM THE WEST AND DECIDED TO PROCEED DIRECTLY TO THE LAKE FOR HIS PLANNED PASSENGER PICKUP THERE. DURING THE APPROACH FOR THE WATER LANDING, HE FORGOT THAT THE WHEELS WERE EXTENDED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE WATER. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB LAX00LA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA115), Mar 7, 2000: Cessna 185 (N4021Y), Incline Village, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent landing on water with the wheels of the amphibious float plane extended. ## Other reports on N4021Y (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 19780525026219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780525026219A), May 25, 1978: Cessna 185 (N4021Y), Substantial damage 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.