# NTSB Accident CHI06LA175
> **Cessna A185E** · 2006-07-01 · Clear Lake, MN, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI06LA175
- **Event ID:** 20060727X01024
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-07-01
- **Location:** Clear Lake, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 45.444442, -93.971107
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** A185E
- **Registration:** N1972U
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudged flare that resulted in a hard landing and subsequent nose over.  A factor to the accident was the grass runway that the forward landing gear dug into during the hard landing, resulting in the amphibian airplane nosing over.

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