- Date
- January 6, 1983, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Sulphur, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2004TTeal TSC-1A
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830106013009A
- Case key
- 20767
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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 eng lost power during a pull-up from a low pass over the arpt. The plt made a forced landing in the icy Mississippi river with the gear down. The amphibian struck a submerged object in the river & flipped over. The plt & pax attempted to swim to shore but due to the exceedingly cold water temperature only the plt reached the bank of the river. The pax is missing & presumed drowned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2004T
- Reported as
- Teal TSC-1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4
- Airframe hours
- 505
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A3B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Amberson M. Webb
- Registered owner
- Mccurdy James W
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 27, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Airport
- Birdwin, runway 30, 2,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 612 total · 28 in this make and model · 561 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.