# Incident 20130817016919I: Cessna A185F, Canandaigua, NY, August 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2013, 09:31 local time
- Place: Canandaigua, NY
- Airport: Canandaigua Lake
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8890° N, 77.2803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Canandaigua, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8890&lon=-77.2803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N185SB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185SB) (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 A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 100 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130817016919I

## Narrative

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

AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CANANDAIGUA AIRPORT IN A.M. AND FLEW TO CANANDAIGUA LAKE WHERE IT LANDED ON THE WATER SUCCESFULLY. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF AND FLEW FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND RETURNED TO LAKE FOR SUCCESSFUL WATER LANDING. AFTER 5-7 MINUTES AIRCRAFT ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF, GOT UP ON STEP, BUT PILOT NOTICED AIRSPEED ONLY 55 KNOTS, AND LEFT FLOAT WAS ALMOST SUBMERGED. PILOT ABORTED TAKEOFF, NOSE OF AIRCRAFT DROPPED AND PROP STRUCK WATER WHEREUPON THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED LONGITUDINALLY TAIL OVER NOSE, COMING TO REST ON THE WATER SURFACE UPSIDE DOWN AND UNDERWATER SUSPENDED BY THE FLOATS. PILOT WAS ABLE TO FREE HIMSELF AND SWIM OUT AND WAS RECOVERED BY NEARBY BOAT. NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT AS A RESULT OF THE INCIDENT WAS MINOR, BUT SUBSTANTIAL DAMAMGE OCCURRED DURING THE RECOVERY OF THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE WATER AND PLACEMENT ON A BARGE, AND LATER ONTO THE SHORELINE.  AFTER THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL TAKEOFF FROM WATER AND FLIGHT, PILOT DID NOT NOTICE ANY IMBALANCE OR CONTROL ISSUES. PILOT STATED THE FLOATS WERE PUMPED OUT PRIOR TO FIRST FLIGHT. A&P MECHANIC ON SCENE STATED AFTER INCIDENT, FLOATS WERE PUMPED OUT, AIRCRAFT WAS SET BACK IN WATER AND THE LEFT FLOAT IMMEDIATELY TOOK ON WATER.

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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