# Accident 20130409005909A: Cessna A185E, Lewiston, ID, April 9, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2013, 13:05 local time
- Place: Lewiston, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3931° N, 116.9935° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lewiston, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3931&lon=-116.9935&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2303Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2303Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,252 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130409005909A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DEPARTING HIS OWN PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AND COLLIDED WITH A ROCK DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL.  HE STRUCK THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND TAIL WHEEL CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE MAIN GEAR, TEARING THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FROM ITS MOUNTS, AND A LARGE TEAR IN THE ALUMINUM ON THE RUDDER.  THE AIRSTRIP IS SHORT AND HE WAS NEAR FLYING SPEED SO HE CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND CONTINUED ON TO LEWISTON, IDAHO.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS OPERATED OFF THIS AIRSTIP FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS WITHOUT INCIDENT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N2303Y (2)

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

- [Accident 20060130001389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060130001389A), Jan 30, 2006: Cessna A185E (N2303Y), Deer Creek, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) At approximately 1130 hours on 01-30-2006, while landing at Deer Creek airport, a Private strip on the salmon river, the left hand landing gear leg broke…
- [Incident 19960623021449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960623021449I), Jun 23, 1996: Cessna 185E (N2303Y), Mahoney Creek, ID, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot reported as aircraft leaving Mahoney Creek airport, l/h main gear struck hole on runway, causing tailwheel to strike runway. Pilot continued…

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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