# Incident 19880812049349I: Cessna A185F, Little Lake, LA, August 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1988, 10:30 local time
- Place: Little Lake, LA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HMDA
- Aircraft: N1867Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1867Q-1997-02-18) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880812049349I

## Narrative

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

ROUGH ENGINE WITH SMOKE AND OIL FROM COWL ON DESCENT. FOUND TWO CONNECTING RODS HAD FAILED AND CRACKED ENGINE CASE.

## Other reports on N1867Q (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19920819035749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920819035749A), Aug 19, 1992: Cessna A185F (N1867Q), Amelia, LA, Substantial damage. Aborted canal takeoff encountering a bend in same. Floatplane struck corner of shoreline point causing upset.
- [Accident 19860404009969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860404009969A), Apr 4, 1986: Cessna A185F (N1867Q), Point Au Fer, LA, Substantial damage. Lost control during water takeoff in gusty crosswind. Struck the canal bank and flipped over onto its back.

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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