# Incident 20000422017469I: Cessna A185E, Dillingham, AK, April 22, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2000, 17:25 local time
- Place: Dillingham, AK
- Airport: Lake Nerka
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.0397° N, 158.4575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dillingham, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.0397&lon=-158.4575&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 75 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000422017469I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 4, 2000, ABOUT 1725 LOCAL TIME, A SKI EQUIPPED CESSNA 185 AIRPLANE, N85CF, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE LANDING ON AN ICE COVERED LAKE NERKA. ON LANDING ROLL-OUT THE A/C SKI BROKE THROUGH THE ICE, CAUSING LITTLE DAMAGE. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED AS A VISUAL FLIGHT RULES (VFR) PERSONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE COMMERCIALLY CERTIFIED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT RADIOED ANOTHER PILOT TO CONTACT A FRIEND SO THAT THEY COULD BRING A JACK TO LIFT THE SKI OUT OF THE ICE.

## Other reports on N85CF (2)

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

- [Accident 20160719022989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160719022989A), Jul 19, 2016: Cessna A185E (N85CF), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. On landing at a remote gravel landing strip, the aircraft sustained substantial damage to the propeller, left wing, left horizontal stabilizer and left main…
- [Accident 19980619020329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980619020329A), Jun 19, 1998: Cessna A185E (N85CF), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Blew a tire landing. Swerved. Wing hit ground began ground loop. Hit brakes nosed down. Tundra tire equipped. (.4)the pilot was landing a tail wheel equipped…

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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