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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Winter Haven, FL · June 21, 1997

Date: June 21, 1997 · 15:15 local
Place: Winter Haven, FL
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N180PR
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,800 total40 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

N180PRRegistered now · Cessna 180HS/N 18052186 · Built 1971 Airframe modelCessna 180H Engine modelContinental O-470 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.

Landing amphibious floatplane on lake right main gear failed retract. Lost control. Flipped over. Gear motor fail.

As the FAA filed it

LANDING AMPHIBIOUS FLOATPLANE ON LAKE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FAILED RETRACT. LOST CONTROL. FLIPPED OVER. GEAR MOTOR FAIL.