Cessna A185F N1850R
15 December 1979 · Venice, Louisiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 15 December 1979 at about 16:10 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N1850R, operated by Pan Air Corpor, was involved in an accident during in flight near Venice, Louisiana, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:10
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Venice, Louisiana, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna A185F
- Registration
- N1850R
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Pan Air Corpor
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → New Orleans, la
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3108
People
2 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT COLLIDED W GUY WIRE OF 270FTTWR.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna A185F accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 Aug 1979 | Cessna A185F | Eugene, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Jul 1979 | Cessna A185F | Lafayette, Louisiana, United States | Paul Fournet F | Fatal | 1 |
| 16 Aug 1979 | Cessna A185F | Westwego, Louisiana, United States | Gulfcoast Cont | Fatal | 2 |
| 13 Jul 1979 | Cessna A185F | Halibut Cove, Alaska, United States | Cook Inlet AVI | No injuries | - |
| 16 Oct 1979 | Cessna A185F | Dillon, Montana, United States | Aerial Geophys | Fatal | 2 |
| 28 Aug 1979 | Cessna A185F | Renton, Washington, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Feb 1979 | Cessna 180 | Waunakee, Wisconsin, United States | Anderson Enter | No injuries | - |
| 18 Mar 1979 | Beechcraft P35 | Mormon Mesa, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Apr 1979 | Bell 47G2M | Guadalupe, California, United States | R & S Dusters | No injuries | - |
| 18 Apr 1979 | Beechcraft F33A | Goodyear, Arizona, United States | Air Trng Centr | No injuries | - |
| 28 Jul 1979 | Piper PA-28 | Melbourne, Florida, United States | FIT Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 3 Aug 1979 | Piper PA-20 | Red Star, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |