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FAA incident report · Cessna 180C · Eagle River, WI · August 8, 2010

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Date
August 8, 2010 · 10:40 local
Place
Eagle River, WI
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N98DF
Reported as
Cessna 180C
Reported engine
Continental O-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
26,000 total1,800 in this make and model21 in the last 90 days
N98DFRegistration cancelled Aug 17, 2017 · Cessna 180CS/N 50714 · Built 1960Airframe modelCessna 180CEngine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft flipped over while attempting a water landing on Eagle River lake in mild weather conditions. Pilot reported aircraft configured for water landing. Pilot reported normal water landing cockpit landing gear indications and aircraft performance consistent with gear in position for water landing. When aircraft was righted the right main float and left and right float nose wheels were discovered to be partially extended. Pilot reports aircraft veered right and slowed and finally over-turned at nearley zero forward speed.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER WHILE ATTEMPTING A WATER LANDING ON EAGLE RIVER LAKE IN MILD WEATHER CONDITIONS. PILOT REPORTED AIRCRAFT CONFIGURED FOR WATER LANDING. PILOT REPORTED NORMAL WATER LANDING COCKPIT LANDING GEAR INDICATIONS AND AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE CONSISTENT WITH GEAR IN POSITION FOR WATER LANDING. WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS RIGHTED THE RIGHT MAIN FLOAT AND LEFT AND RIGHT FLOAT NOSE WHEELS WERE DISCOVERED TO BE PARTIALLY EXTENDED. PILOT REPORTS AIRCRAFT VEERED RIGHT AND SLOWED AND FINALLY OVER-TURNED AT NEARLEY ZERO FORWARD SPEED.