# Accident 20030719017789A: Cessna 185F, Sinclair Island, WA, July 19, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sinclair Island, WA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.6207° N, 122.6774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sinclair Island, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6207&lon=-122.6774&mi=10
- Aircraft: CFHMY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 372 total, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030719017789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 19, 2003, ABOUT 1500 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 185F, CFHMY, REGISTERED TO ALBERT BRUST OF EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA ATTEMPTED TAKE-OFF FROM A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP (APPROXIMATELY 2000') ON THE NORTH END OF SINCLAIR ISLAND, WASHINGTON. APPROXIMATELY 100 METERS INTO TAKE-OFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT TAIL DRIFTED APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN DEGREES TO THE LEFT, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED VEERING RIGHT UNTIL CONTACTING AND STOPPING AT A BARBED WIRE FENCE AND SIX BY SIX WOOD POST. THE BARBED WIRE FENCE SLICED THROUGH THE RIGHT UNDERWING CAUSING A TEAR FROM FRONT OF THE UNDERWING STRAIGHT BACK THROUGH THE UNDERWING AND TEARING THE SKIN OF THE RIGHT AILERON. THE WOOD POST CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT STABILIZER AND RIGHT ELEVATOR, CAUSING SKIN DAMAGE AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE WITHIN THE LEFT OUTBOARD STABILIZER AREA. THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, (ALFRED BRUST) WAS A PASSENGER ON THE ATTEMPTED TAKE-OFF. IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW WITH THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, MR. BRUST INDICATED HE BELIEVED THE PILOT DID NOT PROPERLY CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKE-OFF ROLL. OPERATED UNDER PART 91.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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