# Incident 20140615010049I: Cessna A185F, Gwinn, MI, June 15, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2014, 11:00 local time
- Place: Gwinn, MI
- Airport: Marquette, Sawyer Int'L
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.3492° N, 87.3964° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MARQUETTE SAWYER RGNL (SAW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3492&lon=-87.3964&mi=10
- Aircraft: N158RX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N158RX) (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: 3,500 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140615010049I

## Narrative

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

ON JUNE 15, 2014, AT 1100 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT), A CESSNA, CE-185F AIRPLANE, N158RX, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE LANDING AT SAWYER INT'L AIRPORT (KSAW), GWINN MICHIGAN.  THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY JOHN HIRONS, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91.  DAY VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT.

THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT COMPLETE THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST AND LANDED THE FLOAT PLANE WITH GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N158RX (1)

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

- [Accident 20170509004259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170509004259A), May 9, 2017: Cessna A185F (N158RX), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. Following a hard landing the pilot was unable to control the aircraft. The aircraft veered left, then right, then left again and immediately began to skid to…

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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