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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Hillsboro, OR · August 16, 2015

Date: August 16, 2015 · 13:20 local
Place: Hillsboro, OR
Airport: Portland-Hillsboro
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N535WC
Reported as: Cessna A185F
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N535WCRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18504195 · Built 1981 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

The PIC said after takeoff he brought the gear handle up and could hear the gear pump spinning at a very fast rate. The PIC said he pulled the circuit break for the landing gear because he was afraid it would get too hot and catch fire. The PIC flew by the tower and tower was able to determine the gear was partially retracted. The PIC decided to land on the floats on the hard surface runway. Minimal damage was on the float rails. It was determine the drive shaft in the gear motor sheared.

As the FAA filed it

THE PIC SAID AFTER TAKEOFF HE BROUGHT THE GEAR HANDLE UP AND COULD HEAR THE GEAR PUMP SPINNING AT A VERY FAST RATE. THE PIC SAID HE PULLED THE CIRCUIT BREAK FOR THE LANDING GEAR BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID IT WOULD GET TOO HOT AND CATCH FIRE. THE PIC FLEW BY THE TOWER AND TOWER WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY RETRACTED. THE PIC DECIDED TO LAND ON THE FLOATS ON THE HARD SURFACE RUNWAY. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS ON THE FLOAT RAILS. IT WAS DETERMINE THE DRIVE SHAFT IN THE GEAR MOTOR SHEARED.