- Date
- January 31, 1985, 07:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Belle Chase, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N53064Cessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850131001579A
- Case key
- 21663
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt had diverted back to the departure aprt due to wx. After landing, he was 'step taxiing' on the water with no reported difficulties when a landing gear shock strut, p/n 51961, separated. This allowed a float to dig into the water & caused the acft to flip inverted & sink.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53064
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502352
- Airframe hours
- 4,588
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Southern Seaplane Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LA03 · Belle Chase, LA
- Destination
- GNI · Grand Isle, LA
- Airport
- LA03 · Belle Chase, runway 17, 6,500 × ft, water
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
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,126 total · 923 in this make and model · 1,733 as pilot in command · 214 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NBG, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N53064 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.