29.9546° N, 90.0751° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 20, 1984 · 17:15 local
Place
New Orleans, LA
Airport
Moisant
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N51BC
Reported as
Cessna A185F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total1,200 in this make and model141 in the last 90 days
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.
Pilot forgot to lower landing gear on amphibian aircraft before landing on hard surface runway.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR ON AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT BEFORE LANDING ON HARD SURFACE RUNWAY.