# Accident 20100801039269A: Cessna A185F, Rockwood, ME, August 1, 2010 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: August 1, 2010, 11:15 local time - Place: Rockwood, ME - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 45.6928° N, 69.7714° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6928&lon=-69.7714&mi=10 - Aircraft: N369E (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Airline transport - Pilot flight hours: 22,390 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA390) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100801039269A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 1, 2010, MR TELFORD MOORE ALLEN JR. CERTIFICATE NUMBER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED THE RANGELY MAINE AIRPORT (8B0 IN N369E, A CESSNA 185F THAT WAS EQUIPPED WITH AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS, BESIDES THE PILOT THERE WAS A FEMALE PASSENGER IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE DESINATION WAS MOOSEHEAD LAKE IN THE TOWN OF ROCKWOOD MAINE. THE PILOT MR. ALLEN HAS A PERMANENT RESIDENCE THAT IS ON THE SHORES OF THAT LAKE. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:15 AM THE PILOT MADE A WATER LANDING IN FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE PILOT'S AND PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT BECAME SUBMERGED IN WATER, THE ONLY PARTS OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT REMAINED VISIBLE WAS THE UNDERSIDES OF THE AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS. THE FEMALE PASSENGER WITH ASSISTANCE FROM RESCUERS WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES, THE MALE PILOT MR. ALLEN WAS REMOVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT WITH SOME DIFFICULTY; HE WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND ACCORDING TO TROOPER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE MANE STATE POLICE (CELL#^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) AN UNKNOWN DENTIST PERFORMED CPR ON MR. ALLEN FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, MR. ALLEN WAS NOT REVIVED.WHEN THE AIRCRAFT (N369E) WAS BROUGHT INTO THE PUBLIC BOAT LANDING IN ROCKWOOD MAINE, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE WHEEL LANDING GEARS WERE IN THE EXTENDED AND DOWN POSITION, A CRANE RIGHED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON A BARGE. INITIAL EXTERIOR INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE FRONT INNER SIDE OF THE LEFT FLOAT (AS VIEWED FROM THE PILOT SEAT) HAD SUFFERED SOME DEFORMATION, THE LEFT LOWER ENGINE COWL ALSO DISPLAYED DEFORMATION AND THE OUTER 10 FEET OF THE LEFT WING SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WITH PART OF THE LEFT AILERON MISSING, THE UPPER MOST PART OF THE VERTICAL TAIL HAD MINOR DAMAGE, HOWEVER THE OPERATOR OF THE CRANE INDICATED THAT HE HAD DONE THAT DAMGE WHILE RECOVERING THE AIRCRAFT.THE FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE ALL TESTED AND TEST REVEALED THAT THE AILERONS MOVED FREELY, THE ELEVATOR WAS TESTED AND MOVED FREELY; THE RUDDER PEDALS ON THE PILOT'S SIDE BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT WERE TESTED AND WORKED PROPERLY.AIRSPEED INDICATOR ON THE PILOT'S SIDE INDICATED 50 KNOTSALTIMETER ON THE PILOT'S SIDE INDICATED 1400 FT WITH 30.02TRANSPONDER WAS SET ON 1200.BEACON SWITH WAS ON.STROBE LIGHT SWITCH WAS ONPITOT HEAT WAS OFF.LANDING AND TAXI LIGHTS WERE OFFNAV LIGHT WAS OFFVIS WAS INDICATING 1400 FT PER MIN DOWNALTIMETER ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COCKPIT WAS INDICATING 1000 FT. AND 30.02AIRSPEED INDICATOR ON THE RIGHT WAS SHOWING 40 KNOTSHOUR METER INDICATED 700.5MIXTURE WAS FULL RICHPROPELLER CONTROL WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/4 OUTTHROTTLE WAS FULL INCIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE FOUND OFF, ADF, AUTOPILOT, JPI GEM STRIKE INDICATOR FINDER, SATELLITE PHONE AND RADAR ALTIMETER. ALL OTHER CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE IN.ELEVATOR TRIM WAS HALFWAY IN THE UP NOSE POSITION.AILERONS TRIM WAS IN NEUTRAL POSITION.THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO THE FOLSOM'S SEA PLANE RAMP THAT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH MOST POINT OF MOOSEHEAD LAKE. AT THAT LOCATION A BATTERY CART WAS CONNECTED TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE FOUR DOWN WHEEL GEAR LIGHT WERE ON AND A YELLOW GEAR ADVISORY LIGHT WAS ON, THE ELECTRIC GEAR MOTOR WOULD NOT WORK, THE LANDING GEAR WAS MANUALLY RETRACTED BY PUMPING THE HYDRAULIC PUMP LEVER.SEAT AND LAP BELTS WERE IN THE AIRCRAFT AND NONE OF THEM HAD BEEN CUT.PASSENGER NATALIE A. HOLMES-MOODY DOB 11/23/48 WAS INTERVIEWD AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS ON 8-2-2010 AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE VICTIM PILOT. SHE STATED THAT THEY LEFT THE RANGELY MAINE, STEVEN A BEAN AIRPORT 8B0 ON SUNDAY MORNING, THEY DEPARTED FROM THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY AND THEY WERE EN ROUTE TO MOOSEHEAD LAKE, SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT WHEN THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON THE WATER IT PIVOTED TO THE LEFT SIDE ENDED UPSIDE DOWN AS THE PLANE WAS FLIPPING OVER TELFORD SAID 'OH SHIT" THE AIRCRAFT IMMEDIATELY STARTED TO FILL WITH WATER, SHE NOTICED THAT TELFORD WAS LEANING ON HER AND HE WAS NOT RESPONSIVE, SHE WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE THE AIRCRAFT WITH ASSISTANCE FROM RESCUERS. ## 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 ERA10LA390](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA390), Aug 1, 2010: Cessna A185F (N369E), Rockwood, ME, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to retract the landing gear prior to a water landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's impairment due to medication. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.