- Date
- June 3, 1980
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N70087Cessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800603018079A
- Case key
- 130419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1894 80/6/3 MORGAN CITY,LA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N70087 PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 47, 1686 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 106 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP NEW IBERIA,LA LOCAL MORGAN CITY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.SEAT SLID AFT.ONLY SMALL FORCE NECESSARY FOR LOCK PIN TO SLIDE OUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70087
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N70087Registration cancelled Jun 16, 2011 · Cessna A185EAirframe modelCessna A185EEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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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.
Other investigations on N70087 · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC93LA170Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportHulahula River, AKThe pilot in command's attempted VFR flight into IMC conditions. Factors contributing to the accident were the high terrain and the obscuration.NTSB ANC90LA180Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportUpper Colleen, AKThe pilot-in-command's failure to select suitable terrain for landing. Contributing to the accident was the rough and uneven terrain.NTSB ANC89LA026Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPorcupine Lodge, AKThe aircraft was taxiing for takeoff on the frozen Porcupine river in rural Alaska when the right main landing gear broke through the river ice, allowing the right wing to strike the ice. The pilot stated that he had landed on the river near the Porcupine…