- Date
- November 24, 1979
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51BCCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791124033209A
- Case key
- 134943
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2947 79/11/24 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5478 TIME - 0750 N51BC PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 4705 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUMA,LA MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-DOWN LANDING IN WATER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- STEP TAXI AFTER TOUCHDOWN WITH WHEEL EXTENDED ON FLOAT WATER LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51BC
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.