- Date
- August 19, 1992, 09:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Amelia, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1867QCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920819035749A
- Case key
- 18559
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain for takeoff.
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
The pilot of the floatplane was attempting to takeoff along a canal and encountered a curve to the left of his course. He aborted the takeoff and the plane struck the ground at the apex of the turn and nosed over. No mechanical failure was reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1867Q
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18503497
- Airframe hours
- 6,815
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-D, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- C. Hammon'S Flying Service Inc, doing business as Hammon'S Air Service
- Registered owner
- C. Hammon'S Flying Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · August 4, 1992 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- HUM · Houma, LA
- Destination
- Kent Bayou, 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,000 total · 3,900 in this make and model · 5,925 as pilot in command · 155 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N1867Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.