- Date
- March 18, 1981
- Place
- Port Sulphur, LA · PORT SULPHUR, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7380QCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report April 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810318010649A
- Case key
- 126881
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0477 81/3/18 NR.PORT SULPHUR,LA CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 6350 TIME - 0930 N7380Q PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 4000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAYOU DULAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUMA,LA PORT SULPHUR,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - SELF-HELP,PILOT CHECKED WEATHER DATA WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 67 250 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 21 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LNDD ON CANAL.WND GUSTS 30KTS.PLT TRIED TO TKOF,A/C FLIPPED DURING TAXI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7380Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bayou Dulac
FAA reports on this event · 1
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