# Accident 19740508012081A: Cessna A185E, Lafitte, LA, May 8, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1974
- Place: Lafitte, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 29.7109° N, 90.0968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lafitte, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7109&lon=-90.0968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2219T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2219T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185E (registry code 2072818, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,631 total, 5,800 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74AF081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740508012081A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQPD.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N42805, Cessna 180J: [Accident 19740508012082A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740508012082A)

## 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 FTW74AF081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74AF081), May 8, 1974: Cessna 185 (N2219T), Lafitte, LA, minor damage

## Other reports on N2219T (1)

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

- [Accident 20140419004159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140419004159A), Apr 19, 2014: Cessna A185E (N2219T), Somerville, NJ, Substantial damage. The pilot appears to have made a normal landing in the first third of runway 30 at smq. During the rollout the aircraft drifted off the left side of the…

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.

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