# Accident 19730814025519A: Cessna A185E, Venice, LA, August 14, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1973
- Place: Venice, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 29.2931° N, 89.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-89.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5818J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5818J-2018-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 185 (registry code 2072802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-185) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 40 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRD05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730814025519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT ATTEMPTD LDG IN CANAL TOO SHORT FOR EXISTING COND. FLOAT EQUIPPED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW74DRD05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRD05), Aug 14, 1973: Cessna 185E (N5818J), Venice, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5818J (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750113000749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750113000749A), Jan 13, 1975: Cessna A185E (N5818J), Las Cruces, NM, Substantial damage. Plt said l brake spongy bfor dep. Annualed 4HRS prior.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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