# Incident 20020423008189I: Cessna A185F, Cornelius, NC, April 23, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2002, 19:20 local time
- Place: Cornelius, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4716° N, 80.8827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cornelius, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4716&lon=-80.8827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N934TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N934TC) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 30,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020423008189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CLT TO LAKE NORMAN, PILOT WAS PRACTICING TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. PILOT STATED THAT HE STOPPED AFTER THE SECOND LANDING AND PUMPED WATER FROM THE FLOATS, PILOT CONTINUED. AFTER LANDING AND WHLE TAXIING HOME THE RIGHT FLOAT BEGAN TO SINK AND SLOWLY ROLLED THE AIRCRAFT OVER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE AND EXIT THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO IT ROLLING COMPLETELY OVER. THIS INSPECTOR EXAMINED BOTH FLOATS AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED. THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND 1.) LEFT FLOAT, FRONT FORWARD COMPARTMENT THE PUMP-OUT TUBE WAS DISCONNECTED. ALL COMPARTMENTS APPEARED TO BE SEALED AND WATERTIGHT. 2.) RIGHT FLOAT, FRONT FORWARD COMPARTMENT THE PUMP-OUT TUBE WAS LOOSE. SEVERAL OF THE COMPARTMENTS IN THE FLOAT WERE NOT WATER TIGHT, THE WATER IN THE COMPARTMENTS EQUALIZED ITSELFT. THERE WAS SOME EVIDENCE OF WATER LEAKING OUT OF THE KEEL AND THE RIGHT SIDE SEAM. REVIEW OF THE LOGBOOKS, NO RECENT MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED ON THE FLOATS.

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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