# Accident 19730430009749A: Cessna A185F, Chauvin, LA, April 30, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1973
- Place: Chauvin, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 29.4457° N, 90.5938° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chauvin, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4457&lon=-90.5938&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70279, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70279-1981-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 877 total, 88 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW73DRD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRD21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730430009749A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

L FLOAT HIT OBJECT AT GIBSON. PLT DIDNT CK,DEP FOR DEST. FLOAT HAD HOLE IN BOTTOM. HIT BARGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW73DRD21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DRD21), Apr 30, 1973: Cessna 185A (N70279), Chauvin, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N70279 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790713023659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790713023659A), Jul 13, 1979: Cessna 185 (N70279), Halibut Cove, AK, Substantial damage. Amphibian plt failed to retract lndg gear after land takeoff. Landed in bay withgear down. Flipped over.
- [Accident 19760923031549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760923031549A), Sep 23, 1976: Cessna A185F (N70279), Patterson, LA, Substantial damage. Float equipped acft.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.