# Accident 20080627840699A: Cessna 185F, Rainier, OR, June 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2008, 17:30 local time
- Place: Rainier, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.0644° N, 122.9669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.0644&lon=-122.9669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5403E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5403E) (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 185F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 330 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080627840699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED FROM A HARD SURFACED RUNWAY NEAR SQUIM, WA.  HE FLEW SOUTH WITH THE INTENT TO LAND IN THE COLUMBIA RIVER AT RAINIER, OR.  UPON IMPACT WITH THE WATER, THE AIRCAFT FLIPPED OVER AND SUBMERGED UP TO THE FLOATS.  THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND RECEIVED MINOR INJURY.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE WATER, FLIPPED OVER, AND PLACED BACK ON ITS FLOATS.  AN IMMEDIATE INSPECTION OF THE COCKPIT REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE RETRACT POSITION.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECALL VERIFYING THE ACTUAL GEAR POSITION AND MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED PANEL ADVISORY LIGHTS DUE TO LANDING INTO THE SUN.  POST ACCIDENT INSPECTION BY THE NTSB INSPECTOR FOUND THE LANDING GEAR RETRACT SYSTEM HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR EMPTY.  FURTHER INSPECTION FOUND FLUID LEAKAGE AT THE TENSION CYLINDER IN THE LEFT FLOAT.  THE CYLINDER HAD BEEN REMOVED IN ORDER TO PERFORM A DETAILED INSPECTION.  THIS INVESTIGATION IS NOT COMPLETE.  AMENDED REPORT POSSIBLE, PENDING INSPECTION OF TENSION CYLINDER.

## 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 LAX08LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA201), Jun 28, 2008: Cessna A185F (N5403E), Rainier, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadvertent extension of the left float's landing gear to near the down position due to a failure of the gear's rear hydraulic seal.

## Other reports on N5403E (2)

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

- [Incident 20120813016449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120813016449I), Aug 13, 2012: Cessna A185F (N5403E), Port Angeles, WA, Minor damage. On August 13, 2012 at approx. 1440,the owner and operator of N5403E, a amphibious Cessna 185F with one passenger on board had departed from lake sutherland,…
- [Incident 20030416007699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030416007699I), Apr 16, 2003: Cessna A185F (N5403E), Renton, WA, Minor damage. (-23) In a telephone conversation with the pilot/owner (karl neiders) was performing touch & go's at Renton airport in Cessna A185F. On the third touch & go…

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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