29.7109° N, 90.0968° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafitte, LA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 1, 1995 · 14:00 local
Place
Lafitte, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N4807
Reported as
Cessna A185F
Reported engine
Continental IO550*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,700 total5,000 in this make and model130 in the last 90 days
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.
Pipeline patrol. Had catastrophic engine failure. Landed on pipeline canal levee.
As the FAA filed it
PIPELINE PATROL. HAD CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. LANDED ON PIPELINE CANAL LEVEE.