44.8275° N, 93.4586° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
October 18, 1991 · 16:45 local
Place
Minneapolis, MN
Airport
Flying Cloud Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N95LW
Reported as
Cessna 185E
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total90 in this make and model80 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.
Pilot forgot to lower the landing gear on an amphibious aircraft. Landed with gear retracted.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR ON AN AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT. LANDED WITH GEAR RETRACTED.