- Date
- August 14, 1973
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5818JCessna 185E
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730814025519A
- Case key
- 189551
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2039 73/8/14 VENICE,LA CESSNA 185E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2400 TIME - 1315 N5818J PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTWEGO,LA VENICE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTD LDG IN CANAL TOO SHORT FOR EXISTING COND. FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5818J
- Reported as
- Cessna 185E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5818JRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2018 · Cessna 185Airframe modelCessna 185Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5818J · 2
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