20191203024159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 182P · Greensboro, NC · December 3, 2019

Date: December 3, 2019 · 13:59 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: C-FLTJ
Reported as: Cessna 182P
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours: 949 total202 in this make and model16 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot was on approach to landing at gso. He selected the gear down and went through is flow twice to ensure the gear lever was in the down position. He was then distracted in looking for the traffic he was instructed to follow in by ATC. He did not confirm the gear down lights. Upon touch down, the pilot realized there was an issue but thought the brakes were frozen. He then realized it was the floats skidding on the ground. He determined that he was decelerating to rapidly to execute a go around.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT GSO. HE SELECTED THE GEAR DOWN AND WENT THROUGH IS FLOW TWICE TO ENSURE THE GEAR LEVER WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. HE WAS THEN DISTRACTED IN LOOKING FOR THE TRAFFIC HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW IN BY ATC. HE DID NOT CONFIRM THE GEAR DOWN LIGHTS. UPON TOUCH DOWN, THE PILOT REALIZED THERE WAS AN ISSUE BUT THOUGHT THE BRAKES WERE FROZEN. HE THEN REALIZED IT WAS THE FLOATS SKIDDING ON THE GROUND. HE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS DECELERATING TO RAPIDLY TO EXECUTE A GO AROUND.