# Accident 19800302004969A: Cessna P210N, Lafayette, LA, March 2, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1980, 20:45 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2241° N, 92.0198° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafayette, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2241&lon=-92.0198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3605P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3605P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,754 total, 1,590 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800302004969A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND MAIN LANDING GEAR. LANDED WHEELS UP. FOUND BROKEN HYDRAULIC LINE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80FRD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRD18), Mar 2, 1980: Cessna P210W (N3605P), Lafayette, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3605P (1)

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

- [Accident 19861214067569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861214067569A), Dec 14, 1986: Cessna P210N (N3605P), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. The engine lost power from fuel exhaustion. The aircraft impacted a plowed field short of the airport.

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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