What happened
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(-23) Cessna 180, N392PT equipped with amphibious floats sustained substantial damage when it overturned after landing on lake Wisconsin, near Lodi Wisconsin on September 15, 2005. The VFR pleasure flight initially departed madison, Wisconsin, landed at boscobel Wisconsin and then proceeded to lake Wisconsin. The pilot-in-command and sole occupant privacy data omitted sustained a minor injury. The pilot privacy data omitted reported that he had already made two uneventful landings on the lake. He stated on the third landing, while still on the step, it felt like the right float hit something in the water causing the aircraft to make a hard right turn. The pilot privacy data omitted stated the aircraft then started rolling to the left. He stated he was unable to correct the roll and the left wingtip struck the water. He stated the aircraft continued the left roll coming to rest inverted in the lake. Milwaukee FSDO personnel inspected the aircraft after it was recovered from the lake. The following damage was noted: right side of fuselage wrinkled aft of the cabin door; right wing spar broken approximately 6 feet from the tip; substantial damage to the left wing from the middle to the wing tip;substantial damage to flaps and aileron; right float had a small scrape approximately 5 inches long located in the middle of the float aft of the forward attach point. The left float had an approximate 5 foot crease on the bottom, no indication of paint being chipped or denting of the float.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) CESSNA 180, N392PT EQUIPPED WITH AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT OVERTURNED AFTER LANDING ON LAKE WISCONSIN, NEAR LODI WISCONSIN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2005. THE VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT INITIALLY DEPARTED MADISON, WISCONSIN, LANDED AT BOSCOBEL WISCONSIN AND THEN PROCEEDED TO LAKE WISCONSIN. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ SUSTAINED A MINOR INJURY. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ REPORTED THAT HE HAD ALREADY MADE TWO UNEVENTFUL LANDINGS ON THE LAKE. HE STATED ON THE THIRD LANDING, WHILE STILL ON THE STEP, IT FELT LIKE THE RIGHT FLOAT HIT SOMETHING IN THE WATER CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO MAKE A HARD RIGHT TURN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT THEN STARTED ROLLING TO THE LEFT. HE STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE ROLL AND THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK THE WATER. HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE LEFT ROLL COMING TO REST INVERTED IN THE LAKE. MILWAUKEE FSDO PERSONNEL INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER IT WAS RECOVERED FROM THE LAKE. THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS NOTED: RIGHT SIDE OF FUSELAGE WRINKLED AFT OF THE CABIN DOOR; RIGHT WING SPAR BROKEN APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET FROM THE TIP; SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING FROM THE MIDDLE TO THE WING TIP;SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO FLAPS AND AILERON; RIGHT FLOAT HAD A SMALL SCRAPE APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES LONG LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOAT AFT OF THE FORWARD ATTACH POINT. THE LEFT FLOAT HAD AN APPROXIMATE 5 FOOT CREASE ON THE BOTTOM, NO INDICATION OF PAINT BEING CHIPPED OR DENTING OF THE FLOAT.
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