19791228037949A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna A185F · Morgan City, LA · December 28, 1979

Date
December 28, 1979 · 12:15 local
Place
Morgan City, LA
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N185M
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80DRD13
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,949 total115 in this make and model258 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed amphibious float plane on water with gear down. Airplane rolled over inverted.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE ON WATER WITH GEAR DOWN. AIRPLANE ROLLED OVER INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.