- Date
- December 15, 1971
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5818JCessna A185E
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164503
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3360 71/12/15 LEEVILLE,LA CESSNA A185E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 3557 TIME - 1115 N5818J PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 681 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION E.TIMBALIER ISLE,LA MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 79 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 18 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.ATTEMPTED T/O IN UNMARKED CHANNEL,LOW TIDE,STRONG L X-WIND.HIT SUBMERGED SAND BAR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5818J
- Reported as
- Cessna A185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5818JRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2018 · Cessna 185Airframe modelCessna 185Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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Other investigations on N5818J · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.