- Date
- August 18, 1982, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grand Chenier, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70467Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820818052819A
- Case key
- 70872
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Analysis
The pilot landed the float plane on the water beside an oil drilling rig. As soon as the aircraft touched down, it water looped. The pilot stated that the tips of the floats had mud on them after the accident. He believed that the aircraft must have hit a bank or something under the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70467
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502181
- Airframe hours
- 1,247
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- D.J. Rental Tools Inc.
- Registered owner
- D.J. Rental Tools Inc.
- Departed
- ARA · New Iberia, LA
- Destination
- Camp Hill, PA
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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,543 total · 183 in this make and model · 2,543 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.