# Accident 20010707038579A: Cessna A185E, Cantwell, AK, July 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2001, 15:30 local time
- Place: Cantwell, AK
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 63.3667° N, 148.8333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.3667&lon=-148.8333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2248T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2248T-2026-07-11) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC01LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010707038579A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING HIS OWN FLOAT-EQUIPPED AIRPLANE, AS A FLIGHT OF TWO AIRPLANES, ON A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA TO FAIRBANKS, ALASKA. WHILE IN THE CANTWELL AREA THE SECOND AIRCRAFT PILOT BY THE STUDENT'S INSTRUCTOR SMELLED A GASOLIND ODOR IN HIS AIRPLANE. BECAUSE OF THIS, AND DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS TO INCLUDE LIGHT RAIN, GUSTY WINDS, AND TURBULENCE, THEY DECIDED TO LAND. THE STUDENT PILOT BEGAN A LANDING APPROACH TO A LAKE, BUT HIS FIRST APPROACH RESULTED IN A GO-AROUND. ON THE SECOND LANDING APPROACH, THE STUDENT PILOT SAID HE BOUNCED THE LANDING ON THE WATER, AND THE AIRPLANE SETTLED ONTO THE LAKE, BUT A WIND GUST LIFTED THE AIRPLANE OFF THE WATER. HE SAID HE THEN FORCED THE AIRPLANE ONTO THE WATER, BUT WHILE DOING SO, HE TOOK HIS EYES OFF THE SHORE OF THE LAKE. WHEN THE AIRPLANE FINALLY SETTLED ONTO THE WATER, HE NOTICED THE AIRPLANE WAS CLOSE TO THE SHORE. HE SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, BUT THE AIRPLANE HIT THE BEACH, AND CAME TO REST IN AN AREA OF MUSKEG, ABOUT 40 FEET FROM THE SHORELINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC01LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA088), Jul 7, 2001: Cessna 185 (N2248T), Cantwell, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to abort a landing resulting in an overrun. Factors in the accident were the pilot's diverted attention, and gusty wind conditions.

## Other reports on N2248T (2)

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

- [Accident 20240814012729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240814012729A), Aug 14, 2024: Cessna A185E (N2248T), Eveleth, MN, Substantial damage. PIC departed seaplane base by water taxing across the lake for take off into the wind. Engine lost power just after takeoff from lake. Aircraft was…
- [Incident 19860501040129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860501040129I), May 1, 1986: Cessna A185E (N2248T), Kodiak, AK, Minor damage. Aircraft veered during downwind landing and wing contacted the runway.

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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