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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 185F · Venice, LA · February 27, 1984

Date: February 27, 1984 · 13:45 local
Place: Venice, LA
Airport: Shell West Bay
Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6167N
Reported as: Cessna 185F
Reported engine: Continental IO520D
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,600 total1,000 in this make and model95 in the last 90 days

N6167NRegistered now · Cessna A185FS/N 18504303 Airframe modelCessna A185F Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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.

Tried to make a crosswind water takeoff with a severe gusty wind and rough water. Flipped over in 3 ft deep water.

As the FAA filed it

TRIED TO MAKE A CROSSWIND WATER TAKEOFF WITH A SEVERE GUSTY WIND AND ROUGH WATER. FLIPPED OVER IN 3 FT DEEP WATER.