# Accident 19781024037309A: Cessna 180E, Dulac, LA, October 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1978
- Place: Dulac, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 29.4008° N, 90.6932° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dulac, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4008&lon=-90.6932&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4722U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4722U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180G (registry code 2072616, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180g) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,949 total, 443 in this make and model, 242 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DRD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781024037309A

## Narrative

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

COLLIDED WITH BARGE.FLOAT EQUIPPED.

## 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 FTW79DRD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DRD03), Oct 24, 1978: Cessna 180G (N4722U), Dulac, LA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4722U (1)

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

- [Incident 19930303008639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930303008639I), Mar 3, 1993: Cessna 180G (N4722U), Iliamna, AK, Minor damage. While attempting to taxi free of double ice on frozen lake the wind caught tail of aircraft. Aircraft nose over.

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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