Accident Cessna 185 N95DM, Thursday 6 October 1994

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Date:	Thursday 6 October 1994
Time:	11:00 LT
Type:	Cessna 185
Owner/operator:	Mi Drilling Fluids Co.
Registration:	N95DM
MSN:	18504319
Year of manufacture:	1981
Total airframe hrs:	4056 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-520
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Abbeville, LA - United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
DURING A TAKEOFF FROM A RIVER THE PILOT WAS REQUIRED TO MANEUVER AROUND A BEND IN THE RIVER. AS HE NEGOTIATED THE BEND, THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED AN AREA CLEAR OF ALL TREES AND OTHER VEGETATION. AT THAT POINT A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND IT DRIFTED LEFT, STRIKING THE BANK.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND CONDITIONS. A FACTOR WAS THE CROSSWIND.

Accident investigation: