# Incident 19781015031789I: Cessna 185, White Plains, NY, October 15, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 1978, 16:21 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1861Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1861Q-2015-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781015031789I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE WHEELS OF AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE BEFORE LANDNG.

## Other reports on N1861Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20140614011019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140614011019I), Jun 14, 2014: Cessna A185F (N1861Q), New Smyrna, FL, Minor damage. On June 14, 2014, at approximately 0830, aircraft N1861Q, a CE-A185F, departed spruce creek (7FL6) enroute to Lake Ashby, FL, piloted by [privacy data omitted]…
- [Incident 19810125005379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125005379I), Jan 25, 1981: Cessna A185F (N1861Q), White Plains, NY. Pilot unable to lower landing gear. During landing one gear collapsed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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