# Incident 20160908016999I: Cessna A-185F, Port Townsend, WA, September 8, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2016, 16:00 local time
- Place: Port Townsend, WA
- Airport: Port Townsend
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1218° N, 122.7879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Townsend, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1218&lon=-122.7879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73EK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73EK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-D (registry code 17236, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A-185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-520-D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160908016999I

## Narrative

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

PILOT OBSERVED ENGINE SURGING SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF WHICH CONTINUED DURING INITIAL CLIMBOUT. SUBSEQUENTLY THE ENGINE STOPPED COMPLETELY. PILOT THEN PREPARED AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT FOR WATER LANDING AND LANDED WITHOUT ACCIDENT OR INJURY. SHORTLY AFTER THE EMERGENCY LANDING A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC TRIED TO RESTART THE ENGINE WHILE IT WAS ON THE WATER BUT COULD NOT GET THE ENGINE TO RESTART. FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED THAT THE NUMBER ONE CYLINDER HAD A CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. ENGINE OIL ANALYSIS SHOWS SIGNIFICANT METAL PARTICULATE IN THE OIL SYSTEM.

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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