# NTSB FTW83LA050: Cessna 185, N1829R, Venice, LA, December 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 2, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Venice, LA
- Coordinates: 29.27038, -89.349578 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2704&lon=-89.3496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72919
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW83LA050
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72919/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA050

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)

## Analysis

PILOT MAKING WATER TAKEOFF PASS PIERS COLLIDED WITH A TUG THAT APPEARED OUT OF A SLIP. AIRCRAFT SANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1829R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1829R-2014-10-09), registration cancelled 2014-10-09, S/N 18502544, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- Registry model: [Cessna A185F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (registry code 2072821) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18502544
- Airframe hours: 3655
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821202061739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821202061739A), Dec 2, 1982: Cessna A185F, Venice, LA, Substantial damage. On the step during water takeoff the aircraft struck a tug boat that pulled out from behind a pier. Aircraft sank.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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