# Incident 19991011029189I: Cessna A185F, Morgan City, LA, October 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 1999, 09:00 local time
- Place: Morgan City, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.7103° N, 91.1915° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Morgan City, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7103&lon=-91.1915&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4836Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4836Q) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 2,009 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991011029189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC HAD MADE A PASS OVER THE LANDING AREA TO CHECK FOR ANY DEBRI IN THE AREA. PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN THE RIVER NEAR MORGAN CITY, UPON LANDING THE PIC REDUCED THE POWER AND WAS ON HIS LAST STEP WHEN THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED A SAND BAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS BACKSIDE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND THE VERTICAL STAB, BEACON AND END CAP.

## Other reports on N4836Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20040213001519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040213001519A), Feb 13, 2004: Cessna A185F (N4836Q), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Golder, pilot-in-command of N4836Q, a Cessna 185 was conducting touch-and-go's to runway 22R at Mesa Falcon field (ffz). During investigation, Mr.…
- [Accident 19890324018379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890324018379A), Mar 24, 1989: Cessna A185F (N4836Q), Lake Arthur, LA, Substantial damage. A wing hit trees overhanging canal bank after seaplane had landed. Rotated aircraft into canal bank.

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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