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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185E · Cazonovia, NY · May 30, 1996

Date: May 30, 1996 · 19:30 local
Place: Cazonovia, NY
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N69TD
Reported as: Cessna 185E
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,200 total24 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N69TDRegistration cancelled May 1, 2020 · Cessna A185ES/N 18501954 · Built 1971 Airframe modelCessna A185E 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.

Narrative: pilot surveyed landing area and entered normal traffic pattern. Performed landing check on downwind; gear selected and showed "up". Normal approach and short final touchdown resulted in immediate flip (tail over nose). Aircraft came to rest inverted. After pilot and passengers exited the aircraft, the pilot realized he had the landing gear down and not up for a water landing. privacy data omitted This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT SURVEYED LANDING AREA AND ENTERED NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN. PERFORMED LANDING CHECK ON DOWNWIND; GEAR SELECTED AND SHOWED "UP". NORMAL APPROACH AND SHORT FINAL TOUCHDOWN RESULTED IN IMMEDIATE FLIP (TAIL OVER NOSE). AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED. AFTER PILOT AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT REALIZED HE HAD THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND NOT UP FOR A WATER LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.