# Accident 19820606022759A: Cessna A185E, Lafayette, LA, June 6, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1982, 08:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Bayu Sorrell
- 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: N210ZZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N210ZZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA213) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820606022759A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT LANDING GEAR DROPPED DOWN WHILE LANDING AMPHIBIAN ON WATER.AIRCRAFT SWERVED AND LEFT WING STRUCK THE WATER.

## 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 FTW82DA213](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA213), Jun 6, 1982: Cessna A185E (N210ZZ), Lafayette, LA, substantial damage

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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