# Accident 20070414015019A: Cessna A185F, Wells, ME, April 14, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 2007, 13:40 local time
- Place: Wells, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.5169° N, 69.1186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.5169&lon=-69.1186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4756E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4756E) (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: 1,900 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA097) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070414015019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) 04/14/07. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT ABOUT 1215 FROM THE MAINE WARDEN SERVICE BASE ON EAGLE LAKE, MAINE. AIRCRAFT IS OPERATED BY THE MAINE DEPT. OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE. AT 1315 AIRCRAFT LANDED ON CLEAR LAKE. PILOT INDICATED SNOW WAS WET AND SLUSHY. UPON LANDING PILOT PUT UP THE FLAPS AND ACCORDING TO PIOT STATEMENT "PUT IN A LOT OF POWER TO KEEP THE PLANE TAXIING." AS HE WAS TAXIING HE FELT A SLIGHT BUMP AND STARTED TO TURN THE PLANE LEFT AND APPLIED MORE POWER TO KEEP GOING. HE THEN FELT THE TAIL OF THE PLANE SHIFT QUICKLY TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY PUSHED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND PULLED THE POWER BACK. THE PILOT INDICATED THE PLANE TURNED A LITTLE SIDEWAYS, HE FELT THE RIGHT SKI SINK INTO THE SNOW AND THE PLANE CAME TO STOP AS IT STOOD ONTO THE NOSE AND RIGHT WING. UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS DISCOVERED THE RIGHT WING, RIGHT SKI/WHEEL AND PROPELLER WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 NYC07CA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07CA097), Apr 14, 2007: Cessna A185F (N4756E), Ashland, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while taxiing, which resulted in a nose over. A factor in this accident was the frozen, slush covered lake.

## Other reports on N4756E (1)

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

- [Incident 20171220023989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171220023989I), Dec 20, 2017: Cessna A185F (N4756E), Eagle Lake, ME, Minor damage. At Eagle Lake, Eagle Lake, Maine on 12-20-2017 at about 11:20, N4756E with just the pilot onboard landed on the ice with skies. After landing the pilot taxied…

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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