# Incident 20140614011019I: Cessna A185F, New Smyrna, FL, June 14, 2014 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 14, 2014, 08:45 local time - Place: New Smyrna, FL - Airport: Lake Ashby - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 29.0503° N, 80.9331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0503&lon=-80.9331&mi=10 - Aircraft: N1861Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1861Q-2015-03-23) (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: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot - Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 450 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140614011019I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON JUNE 14, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830, AIRCRAFT N1861Q, A CE-A185F, DEPARTED SPRUCE CREEK (7FL6) ENROUTE TO LAKE ASHBY, FL, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITH HIS WIFE ON BOARD. THIS FLIGHT WAS A PART 91, DAY/VFR FLIGHT, UPON LANDING ON LAKE ASHBY AROUND 0845, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER INTO THE LAKE AND FLIPPED ON IT'S BACK, THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. JUNE 19, 2014, INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE CONDUCTED AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LAKE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE ONLY SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FROM THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND CONFIRMED ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE LAKE. THE RIGHT FLOAT, NOSE GEAR WAS BENT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND WATER PRESSURE BENT THE INSPECTION PLATE BACK, THE LEFT FLOAT STRUCK THE WATER AND RIPPED THE FORWARD INSPECTION PLATE OFF. THE OPERATIONS INSPECTOR WHO WAS ON SCENE AND INTERVIEWED THE PILOT; INDICATED THAT IT APPEARS THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A NOSE LOW ALTITUDE, WHICH WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS SEEN. WITNESSES ON THE LAKE STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED WHICH COULD HAVE ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT. PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS A NORMAL LANDING. REVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE RECORDS AND PILOT RECORDS REVEALED ALL REQUIREMENTS WERE CURRENT. 44709 RECOMMENDED FOR THE PILOT. ## Other reports on N1861Q (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19810125005379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125005379I), Jan 25, 1981: Cessna A185F (N1861Q), White Plains, NY. Pilot unable to lower landing gear. During landing one gear collapsed. - [Incident 19781015031789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781015031789I), Oct 15, 1978: Cessna 185 (N1861Q), White Plains, NY, Minor damage. Pilot failed to lower the wheels of amphibious float plane before landng. 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.