# Accident 20110908019269A: Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150, Centuria, WI, September 8, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2011, 10:00 local time
- Place: Centuria, WI
- Airport: N/A
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: N/A
- Location: 45.4406° N, 92.5502° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4406&lon=-92.5502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N902CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N902CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150 (registry code 7101843, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-cub-crafters-pa-18-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER/CUB CRAFTERS PA-18-150
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,533 total, 1,384 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA632](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA632) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110908019269A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 08, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND AN AIRCRAFT WITH AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS ON LONG LAKE NEAR CENTURIA, WISCONSIN, WITH THE LANDING GEAR WHEELS IN THE POSITION FOR HARD SURFACE LANDINGS (WHEELS DOWN).   THE AIRCRAFT BECAME INVERTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE WATER.  PILOT WAS ABLE TO EVACUATE FROM AIRCRAFT WITH MINOR INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN11LA632](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA632), Sep 8, 2011: Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150 (N902CC), Long Lake, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to complete the prelanding checklist, which resulted in the landing gear wheels not being retracted for the water landing.

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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