# Incident 19810713055879I: Emb EMB110P1, Lafayette, LA, July 13, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Regional
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RAYA
- 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: N695RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N695RA-1988-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Embraer EMB-110P1 (registry code 3260122, https://openairdocs.org/model/embraer-emb-110p1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EMB EMB110P1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,809 total, 606 in this make and model, 227 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810713055879I

## Narrative

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

DID NOT HAVE A SAFE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. FOUND LOOSE GROUND WIRE ON THE NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N695RA (2)

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

- [Incident 19840918056109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840918056109I), Sep 18, 1984: Emb EMB110P1 (N695RA), Houston, TX, Minor damage. While loading a handicapped passenger the wind blew the empty wheel chair into the prop. Debris damaged fuselage.
- [Incident 19830325013229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830325013229I), Mar 25, 1983: Emb EMB110P1 (N695RA), Baton Rouge, LA. After takeoff left engine exploded. Feathered engine. Returned and made emergency landing without incident.

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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