19791011052279I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · New Orleans, LA · October 11, 1979

Date: October 11, 1979 · 17:44 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lakefront
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N20969
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Fatal injuries: 0

N20969Registered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18503049 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Floatplane pilot unable to get gear safe indication. It collapsed, due to a ruptured hydraulic line.

As the FAA filed it

FLOATPLANE PILOT UNABLE TO GET GEAR SAFE INDICATION. IT COLLAPSED, DUE TO A RUPTURED HYDRAULIC LINE.