# Accident 19780108000259A: Cessna A185E, New Orleans, LA, January 8, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1978
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ops On Grnd To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- 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: N4900C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 3 in this make and model, 142 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DRD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780108000259A

## Narrative

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

WIND GUSTING 40K. AMPHIBIOUS TYPE ACFT.

## 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 FTW78DRD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRD13), Jan 8, 1978: Cessna 185A (N4900C), New Orleans, 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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