# Accident 19841001052699A: Cessna TU206G, Chandeleur Isla, LA, October 1, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1984, 10:00 local time
- Place: Chandeleur Isla, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8358° N, 88.8345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandeleur Islands, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8358&lon=-88.8345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4641U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA TU206G
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW85LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841001052699A

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY AT LOW ALTITUDE ALLOWED FLOAT TO DRAG IN WATER. AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER IN SHALLOW WATER.

## 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 FTW85LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA001), Oct 1, 1984: Cessna TU206G (N4641U), Chandeleur Isl, LA, substantial damage

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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