- Date
- October 10, 1976
- Place
- Port Washingtn, NY · PORT WASHINGTN, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5416RCessna 185
- Status
- Completed · report December 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761010033259A
- Case key
- 156796
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3692 76/10/10 PORT WASHINGTN,NY CESSNA 185 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2335 TIME - 1230 N5416R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VENTURA SPB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT WASHINGTN,NY NEW YORK CITY,NY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE LEFT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 293-337 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 290 27 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.BOAT CAME OUT BTWN MOORINGS INTO TKOF PATH OF ACFT.L FLOAT CAUGHT SEA-SWELL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5416R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ventura Spb
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Other investigations on N5416R · 1
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