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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180B · Orlando, FL · March 5, 2005

Date: March 5, 2005 · 18:30 local
Place: Orlando, FL
Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N180VM
Reported as: Cessna 180B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,500 total220 in this make and model10 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.

(-23) On Sunday March 06, 2005 at the Orlando Executive Airport, a Cessna 180 amphibian aircraft registration number N180VM executed a gear-up landing on runway 31. Pilot failed to extend landing gear when setting up for the landing. Pilot had been executing water landings earlier in the day. Upon entering Orlando executive airspace, pilot experienced radio difficulties. In addition, pilot was tiven runway 25 but due to traffic in pattern was later offered 31 later during the landing sequence. Pilot workload was compounded with using a hand held radio. Aircraft sustained only minor damage to both floats.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON SUNDAY MARCH 06, 2005 AT THE ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, A CESSNA 180 AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N180VM EXECUTED A GEAR-UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 31. PILOT FAILED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR WHEN SETTING UP FOR THE LANDING. PILOT HAD BEEN EXECUTING WATER LANDINGS EARLIER IN THE DAY. UPON ENTERING ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRSPACE, PILOT EXPERIENCED RADIO DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION, PILOT WAS TIVEN RUNWAY 25 BUT DUE TO TRAFFIC IN PATTERN WAS LATER OFFERED 31 LATER DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE. PILOT WORKLOAD WAS COMPOUNDED WITH USING A HAND HELD RADIO. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH FLOATS.