# Incident 19791019053399I: Cessna 185, Kenner, LA, October 19, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: Kenner, LA
- Airport: Moisant International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 30.0102° N, 90.2548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenner, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0102&lon=-90.2548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9706H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9706H-2013-07-09) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 400 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/19791019053399I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD PULLED BREAKER TO STOP GEAR MOTOR. FORGOT TO RESET IT BEFORE SELECTING GEAR DOWN. DID NOT CHECK ON GEAR.

## Other reports on N9706H (3)

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

- [Accident 19890930037459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890930037459A), Sep 30, 1989: Cessna A185F (N9706H), Shotgun Hills, AK, Substantial damage. Tried to take off from lake surrounded by Hills. Hit a downdraft in severe surface winds and crashed onto shore.
- [Accident 19860501015809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860501015809A), May 1, 1986: Cessna A185F (N9706H), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. While taxiing for takeoff,the left main gear ski broke through river ice. River ice had thinned by warming weather.
- [Accident 19831211061339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831211061339A), Dec 11, 1983: Cessna 185A (N9706H), Quinhagak, AK, Substantial damage. Struck a snowbank on an attempted go around from a remote site, not an airstrip.

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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