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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · New Orleans, LA · January 20, 2011

Date: January 20, 2011 · 12:58 local
Place: New Orleans, LA
Airport: Lake Front
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N784AW
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,200 total3,200 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N784AWRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18502251 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot made a landing on floats due to a landing gear malfunction. Pilot landed aircraft successfully and veered aircraft off into the grass to leave runway un-obstructed. Aircraft was jacked in the grass and left main gear was extended. Pilot was authorized by tower to taxi to maintenance hangar for repairs. No damage to runway or equipment. Personnel performed gear retraction test and inspections. Found the left hand main uplock was binding and partially releasing. The uplock was disassembled and cleaned, inspected greased, reassembled and reinstalled. Gear was swung several times with no discrepancies and aircraft was returned to service after floats wear strips were replaced.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT MADE A LANDING ON FLOATS DUE TO A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLY AND VEERED AIRCRAFT OFF INTO THE GRASS TO LEAVE RUNWAY UN-OBSTRUCTED. AIRCRAFT WAS JACKED IN THE GRASS AND LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS EXTENDED. PILOT WAS AUTHORIZED BY TOWER TO TAXI TO MAINTENANCE HANGAR FOR REPAIRS. NO DAMAGE TO RUNWAY OR EQUIPMENT. PERSONNEL PERFORMED GEAR RETRACTION TEST AND INSPECTIONS. FOUND THE LEFT HAND MAIN UPLOCK WAS BINDING AND PARTIALLY RELEASING. THE UPLOCK WAS DISASSEMBLED AND CLEANED, INSPECTED GREASED, REASSEMBLED AND REINSTALLED. GEAR WAS SWUNG SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DISCREPANCIES AND AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER FLOATS WEAR STRIPS WERE REPLACED.