# Incident 20120909026609I: Cessna A185F, San Simeon, CA, September 9, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: San Simeon, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7356° N, 121.3375° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7356&lon=-121.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80SS-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 24,950 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA411) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120909026609I

## Narrative

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

ON 09/09/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:45 PST, N80SS, A CESSNA 185 FLOAT PLANE LOST ENGINE POWER AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 16 SM NORTH WEST OF SAN SIMEON, CA.  THE AIRCRAFT BECAME STUCK IN A KELP BED WHILE EXPERIENCING 6 TO 8 FEET SWELLS DURING WHICH TIME THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND SINGLE PASSENGER DECLARED A MAYDAY.  THE COAST GUARD RESCUED THE TWO OCCUPANTS BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT SUNK AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL IN PASO ROBLES, CA.  BOTH OCCUPANTS REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WERE RELEASED.

## 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 WPR12LA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA411), Sep 9, 2012: Cessna A185F (N80SS), Cambria, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power during cruise flight for reasons that could not be determined because the airplane sank in the ocean and was not recovered.

## Other reports on N80SS (1)

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

- [Incident 19980728029179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980728029179I), Jul 28, 1998: Cessna A185F (N80SS), Trading Bay, AK. On July 28, 1998, the pilot of N80SS reported smoke in cockpit to ena fss and requested assistance to suitable landing site. Aircraft landed at Trading Bay,…

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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