# Accident 20031018027479A: Cessna A185F, Trout Lake, WA, October 18, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2003, 14:00 local time
- Place: Trout Lake, WA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0022° N, 121.5247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0022&lon=-121.5247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1841R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1841R) (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: 9,400 total, 6,920 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA04LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031018027479A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 10-18-03 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME A CE-185 WAS LANDING AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY OF A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP TOWARD THE RIGHT AND ENDED UP INVERTED. 2 POB, NO REPORTED INJURIES. RUNWAY WAS MOST LIKELY WET AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. LEFT WING ATTACHMENT STRUT WAS BENT, AND TAIL/RUDDER WAS CRUSHED.

## 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 SEA04LA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA04LA007), Oct 18, 2003: Cessna 185 (N1841R), Trout Lake, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll. A factor was the wet 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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