# Incident 20050305003279I: Cessna 180B, Orlando, FL, March 5, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2005, 18:30 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5455° N, 81.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORLANDO EXEC (ORL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5455&lon=-81.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180VM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 220 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050305003279I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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