# NTSB FTW86LA118: Cessna A185F, N9937N, New Orleans, LA, June 19, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1986, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Coordinates: 29.939231, -89.960662 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9392&lon=-89.9607&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22046
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA118
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22046/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA118

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - flare/touchdown
  - checklist - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - wheels down landing in water - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18504373
- Airframe hours: 1077
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 36; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860619027149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860619027149A), Jun 19, 1986: Cessna A185F, New Orleans, LA, Substantial damage. Pilot neglected to retract the landing gear. Aircraft made a water landing with gear down and flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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