# Incident 20010913024019I: Cessna A185F, Fairbanks, AK, September 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2001, 11:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185JS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185JS) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010913024019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED FLOATS WERE PUMPED OUT DURING PREFLIGHT JUST PRIOR TO TAXI OUT FOR TAKEOFF. HE TAXIED FROM HIS PARKING SPACE TO THE NORTH END OF THE FLOAT POND AT FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND DURING HIS TURN FOR TAKEOFF HE NOTED THE WING LEVEL DID NOT LOOK CORRECT. HE CHECKED HIS FLOATS AND NOTED THE RIGHT FLOAT WAS UNDER WATER AT THE REAR. HE OBTAINED TOWER CLEARANCE AND TAXIIED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FLOAT POND AND BEECHED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N185JS (1)

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

- [Accident 19830928052499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830928052499A), Sep 28, 1983: Cessna A185F (N185JS), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Left wing stalled on water takeoff. Aircraft settled onto iced over portion. Floatplane veered into a mud bank.

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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