Cessna 180B N180CT
11 October 2014 · Coloma, Michigan, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 11 October 2014 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 180B registered N180CT, operated by Performance Paradise LLC, was involved in an accident near Coloma, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Coloma, Michigan, United States
- Coordinates
- 42.1796, -86.2994
- Aircraft
- Cessna 180B
- Registration
- N180CT
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1959
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Performance Paradise LLC
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Benton Harbor → Coloma
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN15CA016
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot did not use the departure checklist, resulting in an inadvertent landing with the pontoon wheels extended.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot departed a land-based airport and flew to a nearby lake. Being a short and direct flight, the pilot said he did not use the departure checklist and forgot to retract the wheels on the pontoons. Immediately upon touching down in the water, the airplane nosed over. Post-accident examination revealed the firewall had been buckled by impact. There were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane or its systems that would have precluded normal operations.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 2,729 records for this type
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