Cessna 185 N4021Y

Summary

On 7 March 2000 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 185 registered N4021Y, operated by Glen Bruno Lubbe, was involved in an accident near Incline Village, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 March 2000 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Incline Village, Nevada, United States

Coordinates

39.2404, -119.9207

Aircraft

Cessna 185

Registration

N4021Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Glen Bruno Lubbe

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Truckee → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX00LA115

2 people had minor injuries.

The pilot's inadvertent landing on water with the wheels of the amphibious float plane extended.

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

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The aircraft, equipped with amphibious floats, flipped inverted during landing on water. The pilot reported that it was his intent to remain in the traffic pattern after takeoff from the land airport and make one landing there. While on downwind, however, with the wheels extended for a terrain landing, he noticed the weather deteriorating from the west and decided to proceed directly to the nearby lake for his planned passenger pickup there. During the approach for the water landing, he forgot that the wheels were extended and the aircraft flipped inverted when it touched down on the water.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.