- Date
- October 9, 1979
- Place
- E Timbalier Is, LA · E TIMBALIER IS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5074RCessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report November 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791009027829A
- Case key
- 133961
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2370 79/10/9 E TIMBALIER IS,LA CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 23, 3776 TIME - 1430 N5074R PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 687 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUMA,LA E TIMBALIER IS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- COLLIDED WITH SAND BAR IN OPEN BAY AREA WHILE WATER TAXI AFTER LANDING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5074R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- 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.