# Incident 20060424007869I: Cessna A185F, Lafayette, LA, April 24, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2006, 19:07 local time
- Place: Lafayette, LA
- Airport: Lafayette Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2053° N, 91.9876° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Lafayette Regional Airport (LFT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2053&lon=-91.9876&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: 1,580 total, 360 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060424007869I

## Narrative

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

(-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 HAD DEPARTED ACADIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (ARA) PRIOR TO LANDING AT LAFAYETTE.

## 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 19881017061599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881017061599I), Oct 17, 1988: Cessna A185F (N4603E), New Orleans, LA, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed on rollout. Veered off runway. Float keel damaged. Released for ferry flight.

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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