Cessna A185F N5513E

Summary

On 5 September 1985 at about 14:30 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N5513E was involved in an accident near Port Sulphur, Louisiana, United States. 3 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

5 September 1985 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Sulphur, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

29.4593, -89.8910

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N5513E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Crown Point

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW85LA342

1 person had minor injuries.

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

THE PLT STATED HE INITIATED HIS WATER TAKEOFF RUN ON A CANAL WHICH HAD A LEFT BEND. WHEN HE ROUNDED THE BEND HE OBSERVED A 15-20 FOOT HIGH PILING (POST) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CANAL AND A PENINSULA OF LAND ABOUT 300 YARDS BEYOND THE PILING. HE STEERED TO THE RIGHT OF THE PILING AND CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF RUN ROTATING FOR TAKEOFF WITHIN 50 FT OF THE PENINSULA. THE NOSE LIFTED, HOWEVER, THE REAR END OF THE ACFT'S FLOATS CONTACTED THE GROUND AND PITCHED THE NOSE TO A DOWNWARD POSITION. THE ACFT THEN FLIPPED INVERTED AND STOPPED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.