# Incident 20110120002949I: Cessna A185F, New Orleans, LA, January 20, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 2011, 12:58 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lake Front
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0424° N, 90.0282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKEFRONT (NEW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0424&lon=-90.0282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N784AW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N784AW) (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: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110120002949I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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