- Date
- June 19, 1986, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9937NCessna A185F
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860619027149A
- Case key
- 22046
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - rainFactor
Nose over
Checklist - not usedFactor
Wheels down landing in water - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The pilot decided to land due to rainy conditions shortly after departure. He had forgotten to retract the landing gear after takeoff and made a water landing with the gear down, causing the aircraft to invert and sink.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9937N
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18504373
- Airframe hours
- 1,077
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Baker Oil Treating
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 25, 1985 · 165 hours before
- Departed
- Bellechase, LA
- Destination
- 6RO · Slidell, LA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,908 total · 287 in this make and model · 2,906 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW, 25 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.