- Date
- April 18, 1984, 07:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Belle Chasse, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N69GVCessna 185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840418031359A
- Case key
- 21313
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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
When the plt attempted to start the eng, it 'hung up in the middle of the compression stroke.' He stated that after confirming that the magnetos were off, he attempted to 'free the propeller by hand.' The eng started as soon as the propeller was moved. The non-plt passenger in the right front seat tried to stop the airplane with the magneto switch. However, the acft continued about 100 yds, rolled thru a guard rail & nosed down into a canal. The magneto switch was found in the 'both' position, fuel mixture was full rich & the throttle was advanced. A check of the magnetos revealed no malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69GV
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502725
- Airframe hours
- 2,380
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Southern Seaplane Inc
- Registered owner
- Southern Seaplane Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 14, 1984 · 4 hours before
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 4,001 total · 1,355 in this make and model · 3,885 as pilot in command · 135 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.