# Incident 20190415002879I: Cessna A185F, Tyler, TX, April 15, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2019, 17:55 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3513° N, 95.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3513&lon=-95.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4611E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4611E) (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: 667 total, 48 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190415002879I

## Narrative

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

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 19890418028379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890418028379I), Apr 18, 1989: Cessna A185F (N4611E), Yakutat, AK. Outer edge of wheel separated on takeoff allowing tire and tube to come off. Landed safely and replaced the wheel.
- [Accident 19860925070619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860925070619A), Sep 25, 1986: Cessna A185F (N4611E), Hanning Bay, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft nosed over during landing on a dirt strip. Pilot reported winds gusting.
- [Accident 19850716031559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850716031559A), Jul 16, 1985: Cessna A185F (N4611E), Portage, AK, Substantial damage. Aircraft was landed on second attempt on mud flat and nosed over onto its back.
- [Accident 19800216004309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800216004309A), Feb 16, 1980: Cessna A185F (N4611E), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on ice covered lake. Unable to stop in landing area. Hit bank of edge of lake.

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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