- Date
- May 24, 1976
- Place
- Venice, LA · VENICE, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N102AMCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report July 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760524014229A
- Case key
- 154018
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1344 76/5/24 VENICE,LA CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 1132 TIME - 1130 N102AM PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 520 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTWEGO,LA VENICE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. RAN INTO TALL REEDS IN CANAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N102AM
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.