- Date
- September 10, 1983, 19:45 local (Sep 11, 1983, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Stake Island
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5030ECessna 180A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830910051959A
- Case key
- 21052
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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 plt stated, that while flying over gulf waters he forgot to set his altimeter and thought he was at 200 ft when the acft contacted the water. The float were ripped off and the acft sank in about 10 ft of water. The plt and passenger held onto the float until morning and then swam to shore.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5030E
- Reported as
- Cessna 180A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 50330
- Engine
- Continental O-460-K, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Blackjack Seaplane Charter Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Abeta Springs, 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 4,000 in this make and model · 6,000 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °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.