# Incident 20090410010809I: Cessna 185, Saranac Lake, NY, April 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: Saranac Lake, NY
- Airport: Adirondack Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.3853° N, 74.2062° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ADIRONDACK RGNL (SLK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3853&lon=-74.2062&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9821X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,096 total, 288 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090410010809I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT WAS AT EAST RAMP AT SLK, DID 360 MANUVER PROIR TO DEPARTURE.  WIND GUST CAUGHT TAIL, PILOT DID NOT HAVE YOKE BACK AND HIT BRAKES CAUSING PROP TO STRIKE PAVEMANT.

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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