# Incident 19991224035719I: Cessna A185F, Santa Ana, CA, December 24, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 1999, 13:09 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7609Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7609Q) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 120 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991224035719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 14, 1999, AT 1309 PST, BRENT A. BOSTWICK, OWNER AND PIC OF CESSNA, CE-185-A185F, N7609Q, LANDED GEAR UP AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT   MR. BOSTWICK STATED THAT HIS LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, AND THAT IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON HIS PART.  THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD AT THE TIME OF THIS INCIDENT.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF ITS FLOATS.  THIS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N7609Q (1)

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

- [Accident 20001203025319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001203025319A), Dec 3, 2000: Cessna A185F (N7609Q), Lynnwood, WA, No damage. (-23) Pilot made emergency landing on Lynnwood high school football field. Engine sputtered and quit while in cruise at 1500' MSL. No fuel in fuel tanks.

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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