20190415002879I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Tyler, TX · April 15, 2019

Date: April 15, 2019 · 17:55 local
Place: Tyler, TX
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4611E
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: 667 total48 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

N4611ERegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18503813 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.

N4611E, a 1979 Cessna 185F with pontoon landing system, landed on runway 22 at tyr airport. Aircraft landed with only front wheels down and rear landing wheels up. There was only one occupant onboard and no injuries were reported. A corroded hydraulic line in the left pontoon failed and caused a leak in hydraulic fluid, losing hydraulic pressure, thus preventing the landing gear from extending. Damage to aircraft was metal wear strips on the bottom of the pontoons that are in place to protect the pontoons from foreign object strikes.

As the FAA filed it

N4611E, A 1979 CESSNA 185F WITH PONTOON LANDING SYSTEM, LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 AT TYR AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ONLY FRONT WHEELS DOWN AND REAR LANDING WHEELS UP. THERE WAS ONLY ONE OCCUPANT ONBOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. A CORRODED HYDRAULIC LINE IN THE LEFT PONTOON FAILED AND CAUSED A LEAK IN HYDRAULIC FLUID, LOSING HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, THUS PREVENTING THE LANDING GEAR FROM EXTENDING. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS METAL WEAR STRIPS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PONTOONS THAT ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT THE PONTOONS FROM FOREIGN OBJECT STRIKES.

Other reports on N4611E · 4

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Incident 19890418028379ITakeoff Ground Roll · Yakutat, AKOuter edge of wheel separated on takeoff allowing tire and tube to come off. Landed safely and replaced the wheel.Apr 18, 1989 Accident 19860925070619ALevel Off Touchdown · Hanning Bay, AKAircraft nosed over during landing on a dirt strip. Pilot reported winds gusting.Sep 25, 1986 · Substantial damage Accident 19850716031559ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Portage, AKAircraft was landed on second attempt on mud flat and nosed over onto its back.Jul 16, 1985 · Substantial damage Accident 19800216004309ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Iliamna, AKLanded on ice covered lake. Unable to stop in landing area. Hit bank of edge of lake.Feb 16, 1980 · Substantial damage