# Incident 19990904032939I: Cessna A185F, Rayville, LA, September 4, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Rayville, LA
- Airport: Squires Heliport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4710° N, 91.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rayville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4710&lon=-91.7574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5214R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5214R-2012-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,843 total, 150 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990904032939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DELHI, LA ENROUTE TO EUNICE, LA. WHEN ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT RAYVILLE, LA., WHICH WAS THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  AFTER A NORMAL LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BLOWN OFF THE RUNWAY'S SIDE AND ACROSS A DITCH BY GUSTY CROSS WINDS, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO A BENT PROP AND A BENT LANDING GEAR SUPPORT.

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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