# Incident 20070707832379I: Cessna A185F, Northport, MI, July 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2007, 17:00 local time
- Place: Northport, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1303° N, 85.6177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Northport, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1303&lon=-85.6177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N45DS) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 250 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070707832379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THE FOLLOWING: HE HAD LANDED IN THE WATER, IN NORTHPORT BAY, NEAR NORTHPORT, MI AND WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF WHEN HE NOTICED THAT AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GETTING UP ON THE STEP AND WATER WAS GOING OVER THE PONTOONS. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF AND WAS TAXIING AT SLOW SPEED AND MADE TURN TOWARDS SHORE TO BEACH THE AIRCRAFT, TO WAIT FOR CALMER WATERS BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANOTHER TAKEOFF. WHEN THE PILOT MADE THE TURN FOR SHORE THE RIGHT PONTOON WENT UNDER THE WATER AND AIRCRAFT PITCHED DOWN AND BEGAN TO SINK. AIRCRAFT SLOWLY BECAME INVERTED AND CAME TO REST WITH ONLY THE PONTOONS OUT OF THE WATER. PILOT AND PASSENGER (WIFE) WERE ABLE TO EXIT THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES. ENTIRE INCIDENT AND PRECEEDING ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS, WAS WITNESSED BY AND CONFIRMED BY LELAUNAW COUNTY SHERIFF WATER PATROL OFFICER.

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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