- Date
- October 29, 1989, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lowell, MA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2537GCessna 182B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891029043509A
- Case key
- 36577
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to assure that the float wheels were retracted prior to a water landing. A contributing factor was the extension of the left float wheels for an undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The float equipped Cessna 182 made a water landing with the left wheels extended. The aircraft flipped over and the floats separated from the aircraft. The floats are equiped with visual indicators to indicate when the wheels are extended (red) or not extended (red not visible). Post crash examination of the floats showed the left float had wheels extended and the red marker was mostly visible. On the right float, the wheels were retracted and the marker was barely visible.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2537G
- Reported as
- Cessna 182B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 51837
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Dolan Funeral Home, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1989 · 1,375 hours before
- Departed
- B09 · Tewksbury, MA
- Destination
- Lowell, MA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 378 total · 120 in this make and model · 263 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.