Cessna A185F N23DE

Summary

On 10 August 2015 at about 16:00 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N23DE was involved in an accident near Emily, Minnesota, 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

10 August 2015 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Emily, Minnesota, United States

Coordinates

46.7392, -93.9181

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N23DE

Category

Airplane

Year built

1980

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Buffalo → Emily

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA15CA222

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to retract the landing gear, which resulted in a gear down water landing and a nose over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the amphibious float-equipped airplane reported that during the initial climb from an airport runway, he was distracted by other airport traffic and forgot to retract the landing gear. As he approached his destination, which was a lake, he stated he did not perform the before landing checklist as he usually does, and failed to notice that the landing gear was still down. The pilot reported that his touchdown was smooth, but the airplane immediately nosed over and he felt "a fire hose of water" come through the windscreen. After the airplane came to rest, the pilot reported that he was submerged underwater, but was able to remain calm and slip out the pilot side window. The fuselage sustained substantial damage.      The pilot stated there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.