# Incident 20030416007699I: Cessna A185F, Renton, WA, April 16, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 2003, 18:29 local time
- Place: Renton, WA
- Airport: Renton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4931° N, 122.2157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENTON MUNI (RNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4931&lon=-122.2157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5403E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5403E) (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: 733 total, 539 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030416007699I

## Narrative

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

(-23) IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT/OWNER (KARL NEIDERS) WAS PERFORMING TOUCH & GO'S AT RENTON AIRPORT IN CESSNA A185F. ON THE THIRD TOUCH & GO LANDED WITH THE WHEELS IN THE RETRACTED POSITION ON THE FLOATS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY, THE WHEELS EXTENDED AND TAXIED TO A MAINTENANCE SHOP (ACE AVIATION). ON 4/16/03 INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE FLOATS.

## Other reports on N5403E (2)

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

- [Incident 20120813016449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120813016449I), Aug 13, 2012: Cessna A185F (N5403E), Port Angeles, WA, Minor damage. On August 13, 2012 at approx. 1440,the owner and operator of N5403E, a amphibious Cessna 185F with one passenger on board had departed from lake sutherland,…
- [Accident 20080627840699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080627840699A), Jun 27, 2008: Cessna 185F (N5403E), Rainier, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot departed from a hard surfaced runway near squim, WA. He flew south with the intent to land in the columbia river at Rainier, OR. Upon impact with…

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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