# Accident 19750917030479A: Cessna 180H, Houma, LA, September 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1975
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Hesselgraves
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 29.5786° N, 90.7079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5786&lon=-90.7079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9945V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9945V-1980-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,626 total, 1,930 in this make and model, 519 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DRD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRD08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750917030479A

## Narrative

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

HIT CLOSING RR BRIDGE. FLOAT EQUIPPED. ON THE STEP TAXYING TO BASE.

## 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 FTW76DRD08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DRD08), Sep 17, 1975: Cessna 180F (N9945V), Houma, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9945V (1)

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

- [Accident 19800806033069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800806033069A), Aug 6, 1980: Cessna 180 (N9945V), Empire, LA, Destroyed. Seaplane engine quit on liftoff. Landed immediately. Engine fire totally consumed aircraft. Undetermined cause.

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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