# Accident 20110307004969A: Cessna A185F, Belle Chase, LA, March 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 7, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Belle Chase, LA
- Airport: Southern Seaplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8658° N, 90.0222° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8658&lon=-90.0222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434JG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434JG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA216) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110307004969A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS MAKING A RUNWAY LANDING AND HAD LOWERED THE GEAR. AS HE APPROACHED THE WIND WAS A STRONGER CROSSWIND THAN ANTICIPATED, SO HE DECIDED TO LAND ON THE WATER. STATED HE FAILED TO DO SECOND LANDING CHECK AND RETRACT GEAR FOR WATER LANDING. THIS RESULTED IN LANDING ON WATER WITH THE LANDING GEAR DOWN; ACFT TOUCHED WATER AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 CEN11CA216](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA216), Mar 7, 2011: Cessna A185F (N434JG), Belle Chase, LA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to ensure that the landing gear was retracted for the water landing.

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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