Cessna A185F N7377H

Summary

On 20 October 2005 at about 22:30 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N7377H was involved in an accident near Lake Powell, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

20 October 2005 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lake Powell, Utah, United States

Coordinates

37.5592, -110.7578

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N7377H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Powell → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA06CA009

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain during an aborted water takeoff run which resulted in the airplane colliding with a canyon wall. A contributing factor was the submerged object that the airplane struck during the takeoff run.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the pilot, he was making a water takeoff from a finger of a lake that extended into a narrow canyon. During the takeoff run, he was almost on the step when the right float struck a submerged object. He aborted the takeoff by reducing power. The airplane drifted to the right, and the right wingtip contacted the canyon wall. The airplane pivoted to the right, the right float contacted the canyon wall, and the airplane came to a stop. The right wing sustained structural damage.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.