# Incident 19890728050319I: Cessna A185F, Seward, AK, July 28, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1989, 13:25 local time
- Place: Seward, AK
- Airport: Seward
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1299° N, 149.4166° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEWARD (SWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1299&lon=-149.4166&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8456Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8456Q) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 130 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890728050319I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR SHOWED DOWN BUT AIRCRAFT LANDED ON FLOATS. A BROKEN WIRE WAS CAUSING INTERMITTENT EXTENSION PROBLEM.

## Other reports on N8456Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19820209003149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820209003149A), Feb 9, 1982: Cessna A185F (N8456Q), Ft Yukon, AK, Substantial damage. Aircrafts ski hit object during taxi for takeoff causing airplane to flip inverted.

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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