# Accident 19810318010649A: Cessna A185F, Port Sulphur, LA, March 18, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1981, 09:30 local time
- Place: Port Sulphur, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5127° N, 89.7282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Sulphur, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5127&lon=-89.7282&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7380Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,350 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRD15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810318010649A

## Narrative

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

AMPHIBIAN FORCED TO LAND ON WATER DUE TO SEVERE WINDS. UNCONTROLLABLE ON WATER. BLOWN OVER WHILE TAXIING.

## 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 FTW81FRD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRD15), Mar 18, 1981: Cessna 185 (N7380Q), Port Sulphur, LA, destroyed

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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