14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Thursday, September 08, 2011 in Long Lake, WI
Probable Cause Approval Date: 11/26/2012
Aircraft: Piper/Cub Crafters PA-18-150, registration: N902CC
Injuries: 1 Minor.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The pilot stated that he was performing a touch-and-go landing on a lake in his float-equipped airplane. He said that the landing gear wheels on the floats were extended, so upon touchdown the wheels contacted the water and the airplane nosed over. The pilot stated that he did not complete the prelanding checklist to ensure that the landing gear wheels were retracted.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
The pilot's failure to complete the prelanding checklist, which resulted in the landing gear wheels not being retracted for the water landing.
On September 8, 2011, about 1015 central daylight time, a float-equipped Piper/Cub Crafters, PA-18-150, N902CC, nosed over during a touch and go landing on Long Lake near Centuria, Wisconsin. The commercial pilot sustained minor injuries. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings. The airplane was registered to Matts Cats LLC and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and a flight plan had not been filed for the flight destined to a lake near Minong, Wisconsin.
The pilot stated that while en route to Minong, Wisconsin, he saw Long Lake and wanted to perform a touch and go landing on it before continuing to his final destination. He stated that he failed to go through the prelanding checklist and retract the landing gear wheels on the floats prior to the touch and go. He said that the landing gear warning annunciated about the time the wheels contacted the lake. As the wheels contacted the lake, the airplane flipped over.
Photo by Polk County Sheriff's Department.
The Polk County Sheriff's Office says there was a small plane crash Thursday morning in Polk County.
Deputies say it happened between Centuria and Balsam Lake around 10:15 a.m.
Deputies say the plane, described as a Piper Super Cub PA18, was attempting to land on Long Lake when it overturned.
54-year-old Phillip Mattison of Forest Lake, Minnesota was able to extract himself from the airplane which was equipped with floats and retractable landing gear.
Deputies say several fishermen came to his aid and Mattison was treated on scene for minor injuries.
There were no other passengers on the plane.
Deputies say Mattison was on his want to the Minong area and was making a practice landing on Long Lake.
The crash remains under investigation by the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
A small float plane crashed Thursday morning on Long Lake in Polk County, between Centuria and Balsam Lake.
Polk County dispatchers received a call at about 10:16 a.m. on Sept. 8. A Piper Super Cub PA18 was attempting to land on the lake when it overturned. The plane was equipped with floats and retractable landing gear.
The pilot, Phillip Mattison, 54, Forest Lake, Minn., was able to extracate himself from the plane and several fishermen helped him out. The pilot was treated for minor injuries. There were not any passengers on the plane.
Mattison reported that he was making a practice landing when the accident occurred. He was on his way to Minong, Wis. Mattison is president of Core Products International, Inc. in Osceola.
The crash remains under investigation. Agencies assisting the Polk County Sheriff's Office were the Centuria Police Department, Unity Area Ambulance Service and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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