- Date
- November 1, 1983, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Patterson, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N2727KCessna 180K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831101056189A
- Case key
- 21195
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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
After landing, the plt was step taxiing the float plane around a slight curve in the canal. As the acft went around the curve, the sun was in the plt's eyes & he did not see a piling until it was directly ahead. He took evasive action, but the left wing struck the piling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2727K
- Reported as
- Cessna 180K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18053044
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Shannon Aircraft Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- New Iberia, 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.