FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Ely, MN · July 29, 2000
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.
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(-23)Pilot attempted to land float plane on water with the landing gear in the down position. Aircraft flipped over on its back and sank up to the floats.
(-23)PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND FLOAT PLANE ON WATER WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN POSITION. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK AND SANK UP TO THE FLOATS.