- Date
- May 18, 1967
- Place
- Houma, LA · HOUMA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5831TCessna 185C
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115749
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4791 67/5/18 HOUMA,LA CESSNA 185C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 9650 TIME - 1800 N5831T PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3500 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE TEARAWAY IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PROP BLADE SEPARTED NEXT TO HUB. ENG TORN FROM MOUNT,COWLING DESTROYED.FLOAT EQUIPPED.LND IN CANAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5831T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5831TRegistration cancelled Dec 4, 2021 · Cessna 185CAirframe modelCessna 185CEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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