# Accident 19770620015839A: Cessna 180C, New Orleans, LA, June 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1977
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Lakefront Spb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 29.9546° N, 90.0751° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Orleans, LA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9546&lon=-90.0751&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9342T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9342T-2004-08-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,503 total, 5,410 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FRD36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRD36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770620015839A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED. WIND GUSTING TO 40 KNOTS.

## 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 FTW77FRD36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FRD36), Jun 20, 1977: Cessna 180 (N9342T), New Orleans, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9342T (1)

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

- [Accident 19900208001799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900208001799A), Feb 8, 1990: Cessna 180C (N9342T), Haugan, MT, Substantial damage. Landed night before on highway due to snowstorm. Tried to depart partial plowed road and swerved into a snowbank.

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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