# Accident 19760818026179A: Cessna 180H, Gretna, LA, August 18, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1976, 00:00 local time
- Place: Gretna, LA
- Airport: Outflow Canal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 29.9105° N, 90.0518° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gretna, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9105&lon=-90.0518&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N544Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,593 total, 9,999 in this make and model, 148 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76FRD60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRD60) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760818026179A

## Narrative

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

FOAM RUBBER FM AIR FILTER SEAL LODGED IN CARB VENTURI.FLOAT EQPD.CRASH LNDD 10FT SHORT OF CANAL.

## 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 FTW76FRD60](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76FRD60), Aug 18, 1976: Cessna 180 (N544Z), Gretna, LA, substantial damage

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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