# Incident 19781014030279I: Cessna 180, Oshkosh, WI, October 14, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1978, 18:25 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N61L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 0 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/19781014030279I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND THE WHEELS ON AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE BEFORE LANDING ON AIRPORT RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N61L (1)

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

- [Incident 19820406012449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820406012449I), Apr 6, 1982: Cessna 180 (N61L), Des Moines, IA. Left gear on float plane would not lower. Pilot retracted right gear and landed on floats in snow beside runway.

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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