- Date
- January 18, 1982, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- S.E. Of Houma, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N2705KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820118001429A
- Case key
- 72443
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Judgment - poorCause
Weather condition - fog
On ground/water collision with object
ObjectFactor
Analysis
The pilot elected to takeoff from a canal with a quartering tailwind due to approaching fog. The aircraft drifted left and its wing struck a piling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2705K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053040
- Airframe hours
- 798
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Petrolite
- Registered owner
- Petrolite
- Departed
- S.E. Of Houma, LA
- Destination
- Houma, LA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 548 total · 130 in this make and model · 428 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
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 N2705K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.