# Incident 20040618014259I: Cessna A185F, Crane Lake, MN, June 18, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2004, 17:26 local time
- Place: Crane Lake, MN
- Airport: Scotts Spb
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2666° N, 92.4885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crane Lake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2666&lon=-92.4885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N957DF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N957DF) (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: 500 total, 400 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040618014259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON CRANE LAKE ON A WINDY AND GUSTY DAY, THE AIRMAN MISINTERPRETED THE WIND DIRECTION AND AT TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT WEATHERVANED INTO THE WIND. THIS CAUSED THE UPWIND WING (RIGHT WING) TO STRIKE THE SURFACE OF THE WATER AND CAUGHT THE RIGHT FLOAT WHICH FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER INTO THE WATER. PILOT AND AIRCRAFT RECORDS AREA IN THE PROCESS OF BEING OBTAINED. AN AMENDED FAA 8020-23 WILL BE COMPLETED AT THAT TIME.

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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