- Date
- December 2, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Venice, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1829RCessna 185
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821202061739A
- Case key
- 72919
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Analysis
Pilot making water takeoff pass piers collided with a tug that appeared out of a slip. Aircraft sank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1829R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502544
- Airframe hours
- 3,655
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Southern Seaplanes
- Registered owner
- Southern Seaplanes
- Departed
- 53LA · Venice, LA
- Destination
- 53LA · Venice, LA
- Airport
- 53LA · Shell Spb, runway 18, water
N1829RRegistration cancelled Oct 9, 2014 · Cessna A185FAirframe modelCessna A185FEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 25
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,726 total · 350 in this make and model · 2,563 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 73 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.