# Incident 20130216001359I: Cessna 180A, Waukesha, WI, February 16, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 2013, 12:36 local time
- Place: Waukesha, WI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0091° N, 88.2451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Waukesha, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0091&lon=-88.2451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N392PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N392PT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,200 total, 10 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130216001359I

## Narrative

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

AFTER AN HOUR LONG FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA, THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR IN PREPARATION FOR LANDING.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED BUT THE LEFT GEAR DID NOT.  THE PILOT THEN CONDUCTED A LOW ALTITUDE FLY-BY AND THE TOWER OPERATOR CONFIRMED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE LEFT GEAR WAS NOT.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR AND LAND ON RUNWAY 28.  THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HULL OF EACH FLOAT.

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO A HEATED HANGAR, AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR FOUR TIMES AND THE SYSTEM PERFORMED NORMALLY DURING THE RETRACTION AND EXTENTION CYCLES.  THE MECHANIC SUSPECTED THAT FROZEN WATER IN THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OR FLOAT ASSEMBLY MAY HAVE ADVERSELY AFFECTED THE OPERATION OF THE LEFT LANDING GEAR IN FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N392PT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050915026019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050915026019A), Sep 15, 2005: Cessna 180A (N392PT), Lodi, WI, Substantial damage. (-23) Cessna 180, N392PT equipped with amphibious floats sustained substantial damage when it overturned after landing on lake Wisconsin, near Lodi Wisconsin…

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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