ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376775
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| Date: | Friday 12 July 1985 |
| Time: | 13:08 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A185F |
| Owner/operator: | Billy Francis, Inc. |
| Registration: | N9905N |
| MSN: | 18504369 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 373 hours |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-520-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Patterson, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Vermillion, LA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE ACFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS RAMMED BY A SPEED BOAT AFTER IT HAD LANDED ON A CANAL AND WAS WATER TAXIING TO ITS TIE DOWN AREA. THE BOAT CAME OUT OF A CROSSING CANAL AT HIGH SPEED AND STRUCK THE AMPHIB IN THE AREA OF THE LEFT FLOAT. THE BOAT OPERATOR STATED THAT HE EXITED THE CANAL AT HIGH SPEED IN ORDER TO CLEAR SOME SHALLOW WATER AND THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE ACFT DUE TO TREES EXTENDING INTO THE MAIN CANAL.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW85LA291
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 October 1996 | N185ND | University Of North Dakota | 0 | Finley, ND | |
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| 29-Mar-2024 19:43 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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