# Incident 20000526017629I: Cessna A185E, Homer, AK, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Homer, AK
- Airport: Homer-Beluga Lake Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 59.6404° N, 151.5091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homer, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=59.6404&lon=-151.5091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70200, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526017629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 05/26/2000 PILTO IN COMMAND LANDED N70200 ON FLOATS AT BELUGA LAKE IN HOMER AK. GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  SURING THE TAXI TO SHORE, PILOT IN COMMAND HAD AIRCRAFT IN A PLOW CONFIGURATION AND ABRUPTLY PULLED THE POWER OFF AND WHEN THE TAIL RAISED, THE WIND GOT UNDER THE TAIL AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER.  NO INJURIES OCCURED TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS.  COUNDELING WILL BE GIVEN ON PROPER TAXI PROCEDURES FOR A FLOAT EQUIPED AIRCRAFT IN HIGH WIND CONDITIONS AND PILOT IN COMMAND WILL BE REQESTED TO GET A BI-ANNUAL FLIGHT REVIEW.  WITH THE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE FLIGHT REVIE W A LETTER OF CORRECTION WILL BE ISSUED.

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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