# Incident 20100118001829I: Cessna A185F, Orlando, FL, January 18, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2010, 16:45 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Sanford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7772° N, 81.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO SANFORD INTL (SFB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7772&lon=-81.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525JB) (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
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 55 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100118001829I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT, A SEAREY AMPHIBIAN PLANE WAS ON LOCAL FLIGHTS COMPLETING TOUCH & GOS AND FULL STOP LANDINGS BETWEEN LAKE DORA, LEESBURG & MID FLORIDA WITHOUT INCIDENT. ON RETURN AT 1000 FT, EAST TOWARDS SANFORD WHERE BASED, THE PILOT PROCEEDED WITH CLEARANCE TO LAND. THE WINDS WERE LIGHT, VISIBILITY WAS EXCELLENT. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED GEAR UP ON THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE KEEL. THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT REMEMBER SELECTING GEAR DOWN. IT APPEARS FROM PHOTOS & VISUAL IDENTIFICATION THAT THE GEAR HANDLE REMAINED IN THE GEAR UP POSITION ON LANDING. DURING A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE IT APPEARS THE ELECTRIC LINEAR ACTUATOR CONNECTING BRACKET FOR GEAR RETRACTION HAD BROKEN, ITS THIS INSPECTORS OPINION THAT IT WAS UN- RELATED TO THE INCIDENT AND THE DAMAGE MAY HAVE OCCURED ON TOUCHDOWN WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE HEAVY LEFT WING POSSIBLY CAUSING AN OVERLOAD TO THE GEAR ACTUATOR. THE UNDERSIDE HAD MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE KEEL AND NONE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 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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