- Date
- July 15, 1978
- Place
- Otsego Lake, MI · OTSEGO LAKE, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1608CCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780715019919A
- Case key
- 140334
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3780 78/7/15 OTSEGO LAKE,MI CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 1430 TIME - 1545 N1608C PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 273 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE OTSEGO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTSEGO,MI OTSEGO LAKE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1608C
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Otsego
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.