# Accident 19781114039199A: Cessna A185E, Harvey, LA, November 14, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1978
- Place: Harvey, LA
- Airport: Harvey Canal Base
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 29.8888° N, 90.0664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harvey, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8888&lon=-90.0664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N101AM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N101AM-2004-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (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: 8,197 total, 8,197 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781114039199A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQPD.HIT BARGE.

## 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 FTW79DRD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD08), Nov 14, 1978: Cessna A185F (N101AM), Harvey, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N101AM (1)

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

- [Accident 20041017024789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041017024789A), Oct 17, 2004: Cessna A185F (N101AM), Cottonwood, ID, Substantial damage. (-23) On October 17, 2004 michael foley, the pilot, attempted to take off from his Private airstrip. The airstrip is approximately 2500 feet in length at an…

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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