- Date
- August 5, 1969
- Place
- Delacroix, LA · DELACROIX, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5842TCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162042
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3456 69/8/5 DELACROIX,LA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N5842T PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 28, 1800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VENICE,LA WESTWEGO,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: PROPELLER IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER AND ACCESSORIES: BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- PROP BLADE SEPARATED ON FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT. PLT LND SAFELY IN LAKE. HIGH TIME PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5842T
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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