# Incident 20180603025069I: Cessna A185F, Hilo, HI, June 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2018, 09:28 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4471R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4471R) (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: 955 total, 416 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180603025069I

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTERS WERE OPERATING NEAR BY APPROACH END OF RUNWAY.  POTENTIAL AIR TURBULENCE FROM BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS MAY HAVE LIFTED  RIGHT WING AS PILOT WAS IN LANDING CONFIGURATION, SLOW AND LOW NEAR THE GROUND.  VERY MINOR GROUND LOOP OCCURED ON ROLL OUT, WHICH CAUSED LIGHT DAMAGE TO AFTER MARKET STC WING TIP.

## Other reports on N4471R (2)

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

- [Accident 19970223014329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970223014329A), Feb 23, 1997: Cessna A185F (N4471R), Ketchikan, AK, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot was landing a float equipped airplane near an ocean bay. Small ocean swells were present in the area of intended landing. The pilot indicated…
- [Accident 19940608014149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940608014149A), Jun 8, 1994: Cessna 185 (N4471R), Kassan Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Landing in bay crosswind lined up with swells. Weather vaned coming off step. Wing hit wave. Cartwheeled.

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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