# Incident 20171220023989I: Cessna A185F, Eagle Lake, ME, December 20, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2017, 11:20 local time
- Place: Eagle Lake, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0349° N, 68.5897° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eagle Lake, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0349&lon=-68.5897&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4756E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4756E) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,416 total, 1,859 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171220023989I

## Narrative

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

AT EAGLE LAKE, EAGLE LAKE, MAINE ON 12-20-2017 AT ABOUT 11:20, N4756E WITH JUST THE PILOT ONBOARD LANDED ON THE ICE WITH SKIES. AFTER LANDING THE PILOT TAXIED TOWARD SHORE AND SLOWED DOWN TO TURN TO THE RAMP AND HANGAR. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT HIT A SOFT SPOT, WHICH THE PILOT THOUGHT WAS SLUSH. THE PILOT APPLIED MORE POWER, AT THIS POINT THE SKIES BROKE THROUGH THE ICE AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SINK. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND EXIT THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SETTLED THROUGH THE ICE, BUT STAYED SUPPORTED BY THE WINGS AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## Other reports on N4756E (1)

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

- [Accident 20070414015019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070414015019A), Apr 14, 2007: Cessna A185F (N4756E), Wells, ME, Minor damage. (-23) 04/14/07. Aircraft departed at about 1215 from the Maine warden service base on eagle lake, Maine. Aircraft is operated by the Maine dept. Of inland…

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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