# NTSB CHI92LA256: Cessna A185F, N185RF, St. Cloud, MN, August 26, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1992, 12:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: St. Cloud, MN
- Coordinates: 45.550548, -94.169273 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5505&lon=-94.1693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15531
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA256
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15531/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA256

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND TO ABORT TAKEOFF BEFORE OVERRUNNING THE LAKE EDGE.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - flare/touchdown
  - lowering of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lift-off - not obtained
  - aborted takeoff - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - ground
  - all available runway - exceeded, pilot in command
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND INITIATED A WATER TAKEOFF.  THE AIRPLANE OVERRAN THE LENGTH OF THE LAKE AND NOSED OVER ON ENCOUNTERING THE OPPOSITE SHORELINE. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN INVERTED.  THE FLAPS WERE FOUND IN THE RETRACTED POSITION.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION, NOR WAS ANY FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N185RF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N185RF), registered now, S/N 18502942, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502942
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-D 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Freese, Robert A. & Roberta G.
- Registered owner: Freese, Robert A. & Roberta G.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 5, 1992, 40 hours before
- Departed: NONE
- Destination: 8Y4, LINO LAKES, MN
- Airport: NONE, Donovan'S Lake

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 6,000 total, 125 in this make and model, 5,800 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: STC, 1 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920826034059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920826034059A), Aug 26, 1992: Cessna A185F, St Cloud, MN, Substantial damage. Unable to climb out of lake after liftoff. Settled back on water. Ran up onshore and nosed over. Failed to abort.

## Other investigations on N185RF (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN21LA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA152), Mar 7, 2021: Cessna A185F (N185RF), Pueblo, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control in gusting crosswind conditions.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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