# Incident 20000819026309I: Cessna A185F, Girdwood, AK, August 19, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2000, 11:21 local time
- Place: Girdwood, AK
- Airport: Girdwood Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: YDAC
- Location: 60.9690° N, 149.1193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GIRDWOOD (AQY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9690&lon=-149.1193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80359, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80359) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 250 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000819026309I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 18, 2000 AT 1335 LOCAL, AIRPLANE N80359 WAS TAKING OFF FROM GIRDWOOD OM RUNWAY 19. THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH WHEEL SKI'S.  THERE WERE 4 PASSENGERS ABOARD FOR A ONE HOUR FLIGHSEEING FLT.  SECONDS AFTER APPLYING FULL THROTTLE THE PILOT HEARD A SUBTLE NOISE REARWARD, WHICH PILOT THOUGHT WAS A SMALL ROCK.  MID FIELD ON THE 2100' RUNWAY AND 15' ABOVE GROUND, THE RIGHT WHEEL/SKI CAME UP TO A VERTICAL POSITION.  PILOT ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED.  UPON INSPECTION, THE REAR CHECK OF THE SKI WAS FOUND TO BE UNATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE SHACKLE PIN AND CLEVIS PIN MISSING.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WHEEL SKI, RIGHT FLAP AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.

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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