20151114018179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna A185F · Lake Worth, FL · November 14, 2015

Date: November 14, 2015 · 16:55 local
Place: Lake Worth, FL
Airport: Lantana National Airpark
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: C-FOLE
Reported as: Cessna A185F
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Unknown or foreign certificate

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Prior to landing on runway 3 at klna, the pilot forgot to put the landing gear lever in the down position causing for the aircraft to land on its floats.

No damage was found on floats or aircraft.

The aicraft is canadian registered under number; c-fole.

The pilot is licensed under a private pilot license from air transport Canada number; privacy data omitted.

As the FAA filed it

PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY 3 AT KLNA, THE PILOT FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR LEVER IN THE DOWN POSITION CAUSING FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON ITS FLOATS.

NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON FLOATS OR AIRCRAFT.

THE AICRAFT IS CANADIAN REGISTERED UNDER NUMBER; C-FOLE.

THE PILOT IS LICENSED UNDER A PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE FROM AIR TRANSPORT CANADA NUMBER; ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.