30.1588° N, 85.6602° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Panama City, FL, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
November 19, 1982 · 14:22 local
Place
Panama City, FL
Airport
Bay Co
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2287T
Reported as
Cessna A185E
Reported engine
Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total150 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days
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.
Landed amphibious float plane without checking that gear was down and locked. Landed on the floats.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE WITHOUT CHECKING THAT GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. LANDED ON THE FLOATS.