# Accident 19771116036859A: Cessna 180E, Venice, LA, November 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1977
- Place: Venice, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 29.2931° N, 89.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-89.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64467 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 818 total, 545 in this make and model, 82 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DRD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRD09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771116036859A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED ACFT CONTACTED UNKNOWN OBJECT WHILE ON STEP SLOWING DOWN.

## 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 FTW78DRD09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRD09), Nov 16, 1977: Cessna 180 (N64467), Venice, 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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