Cessna A185F N4959Q

Summary

On 22 July 1983 at about 16:45 local time, a Cessna A185F registered N4959Q was involved in an accident near Houma, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 July 1983 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Houma, Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

29.5801, -90.8104

Aircraft

Cessna A185F

Registration

N4959Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Ferry

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Amarillo

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA345

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 ACFT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUBMERGED IN WATER. AFTER IT WAS SALVAGED & REPAIRED, A FERRY PERMIT WAS OBTAINED TO FLY IT TO AMARILLO, TX. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE ENG BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AFTER THE 1ST 50 FT OF THE GROUND ROLL DURING TAKEOFF. HOWEVER. THE PLT CONTINUED TAKEOFF & USED ABOUT 3000 FT OF RWY TO GET AIRBORNE. HE THEN TURNED & FLEW BACK OVER THE ARPT AT ABOUT 500 FT WITH THE ENG STILL RUNNING ROUGH. THE PLT CIRCLED & FLEW OVER THE ARPT AGAIN WITH THE ENG STILL RUNNING ROUGH. AFTER THAT, THE ACFT DEPARTED THE TRAFFIC AREA AS IF THE PLT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE THE FLT TO AMARILLO. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ENG LOST POWER & THE ACFT WAS DAMAGED DURING A FORCED LANDING. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ENG LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL CONTAMINATION & THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE USED ALCOHOL IN A FUEL INJECTED ENG.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.