- Date
- November 18, 2023, 10:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- Barataria, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61919Cessna A185F
- Defining event
- Landing: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20231118018919A
- Case key
- 193427
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
A recreational boat crossed in front of the airplane’s path during landing on the water which resulted in the airplane colliding with the boat.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that she had setup for landing on an intracoastal waterway and picked a landing area based on the locations of three nearby boats. During final approach, she had the three boats in sight, one of which was on the far right side of waterway and traveling in the same direction. She determined that the boats would not be a factor and continued to land. The airplane touched down on the choppy water and she added power to keep the airplane on the step. Immediately after touchdown the airplane veered left, then nosed over and sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot egressed the airplane without further incident. She noticed that the recreational boat that was originally on the right side of the waterway was now on the left side and the boat driver stated that the airplane hit the boat. Since the pilot was seated in the left seat, her view to the lower right area of the airplane would have been restricted by the airframe. The pilot added that three other airplanes had just landed on the waterway and there was one more in position to land behind her.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61919
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504274
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 6,286.2
- Engine
- Continental Motors IO-520-D30B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- Southern Seaplane, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Tailspin LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 19, 2023
- Departed
- 65LA · Belle Chasse, LA
- Airport
- Intracoastal waterway
- Equipment
- Handheld GPS, Stall warning system, ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 28, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 1,010 total · 600 in this make and model · 840 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,700 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Observed at
- KNBG, 8 nm away
- METAR
- KNBG 181655Z 01006KT 10SM SCT019 BKN027 BKN250 21/16 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02110161 $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 13, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 6.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.