# Accident 19840603075249A: Cessna A185F, Houma, LA, June 3, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1984, 12:30 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Charlie Hammond S
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HMDA
- Location: 29.5786° N, 90.7079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5786&lon=-90.7079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4665E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4665E-1984-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW84FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA264) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840603075249A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT PLANE IN TRAFFIC PATTERN TO SEAPLANE BASE HIT POWERLINES, FELL NOSE DOWN INTO WATER. VISION OBSCURED BY SUN.

## 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 FTW84FA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA264), Jun 3, 1984: Cessna A185F (N4665E), Houma, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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