# NTSB NYC08CA035: Cessna 180, N9198C, Orlando, FL, November 12, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 12, 2007, 11:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Coordinates: 28.43361, -81.488052
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4336&lon=-81.4881&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report April 30, 2008
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 67271
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC08CA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/67271/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC08CA035

## Probable cause

The pilot's loss of control on the water after landing, which resulted in the bow of the right float submerging , and a nose-over event.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,float assembly - snagged
  - aircraft control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The airline transport-rated pilot of the Cessna 180 float plane stated that "during what started as a normal landing, the bow of the right float submerged and flipped the plane over." The airplane came to rest inverted, and sustained a bent wing spar and firewall. The pilot report over 25,000 hours of flight experience, and 30 hours in make and model.  He did not report any deficiencies with the performance and handling of the airplane.

## Factual narrative

The airline transport-rated pilot of the Cessna 180 float plane stated that "during what started as a normal landing, the bow of the right float submerged and flipped the plane over." The airplane came to rest inverted, and sustained a bent wing spar and firewall. The pilot report over 25,000 hours of flight experience, and 30 hours in make and model.  He did not report any deficiencies with the performance and handling of the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9198C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9198C), registered now, S/N 31297, built 1954 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 31297
- Engines: Continental O-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Martin Lynn Page
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Orlando, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 25,500 total, 30 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.29 inHg
- Observed at: SFB

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.

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