# Incident 19881017061599I: Cessna A185F, New Orleans, LA, October 17, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1988, 09:27 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: New Orleans International-Moisant Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HMDA
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4603E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4603E-2009-08-28) (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 A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 9,800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881017061599I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY. FLOAT KEEL DAMAGED. RELEASED FOR FERRY FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N4603E (2)

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

- [Accident 20090429006749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090429006749A), Apr 29, 2009: Cessna A185F (N4603E), Patterson, LA, Destroyed. (-23) The pilot made several attempts to take off from the water but the aircraft would not become airborne. He stopped and checked the floats and found that…
- [Incident 20060424007869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060424007869I), Apr 24, 2006: Cessna A185F (N4603E), Lafayette, LA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft landed on runway 22L with gear up, sliding approximately 500'. No injuries, nor damage to the airplane. Only 1 person aboard, "pilot". Aircraft…

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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