19790122001369A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180 · Cameron, LA · January 22, 1979

Date
January 22, 1979 · 13:00 local
Place
Cameron, LA
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3420Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW79DA045
Reported as
Cessna 180
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,237 total223 in this make and model190 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Floatplane on final for water landing,struck wires,landed safely. Damaged airplane empennage.

As the FAA filed it

FLOATPLANE ON FINAL FOR WATER LANDING,STRUCK WIRES,LANDED SAFELY. DAMAGED AIRPLANE EMPENNAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.