# Accident 19780822028099A: Cessna 180E, Buras, LA, August 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1978
- Place: Buras, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 29.3537° N, 89.5240° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buras, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3537&lon=-89.5240&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52108, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52108) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 445 total, 376 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DRD52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRD52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780822028099A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW78DRD52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DRD52), Aug 22, 1978: Cessna 180F (N52108), Buras, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N52108 (2)

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

- [Incident 20170308006309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170308006309I), Mar 8, 2017: Cessna 180J (N52108), Chandler, AZ, Minor damage. On 3/8/17 at 1200MST at chd airport, N52108, C180J, landed on RWY4L and taxied off at taxiway foxtrot, at twy f aircraft reported tail gear had broken off…
- [Incident 19991102030369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991102030369I), Nov 2, 1999: Cessna 180J (N52108), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was taxiing from "shade" anger to "t" hanger (#JJ-7)@ ffz when l/h wing tip contacted upper tip of rudder on N69002 causing minor damage. No…

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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