# Incident 20010523009479I: Cessna 185F, Anchorage, AK, May 23, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood Spb
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N714KH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N714KH) (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 185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010523009479I

## Narrative

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

(-23)THE PILOT/MECHANIC WAS CONDUCTING A MAINTENANCE CHECK ONT HE PROPELLER'S RPM. HE HAD JUST COMPLETED A STEP TAXI WHEN A GUSTY OF WIND ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO COME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE SHORE.  THE LEFT FLOAT CONTACTED  THE SHORELINE.  THE PILOT INFORMED THE TOWER AND CORRECTED THE SITUATION.  THERE WAS NO INTENT OF FLIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDER PUBLIC USE.

## Other reports on N714KH (2)

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

- [Accident 20200827012132A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200827012132A), Aug 27, 2020: Cessna A185F (N714KH), Fairbanks, AK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. At approximately 1353 local Alaska daylight time on 27 August 2020 two aircraft collided at Chena Marina Airport (AK28). N714KH, a Cessna 185 was on short…
- [Incident 19841209070769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841209070769I), Dec 9, 1984: Cessna A185F (N714KH), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. While taxiing up a vehicle driveway prop struck iron posts.

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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