# Accident 19790816025249A: Cessna 185, Westwego, LA, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 09:14 local time
- Place: Westwego, LA
- Airport: Westwego
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9054° N, 90.1435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westwego, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9054&lon=-90.1435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8245Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8245Q-1983-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 185
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816025249A

## Narrative

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

AMPHIBIOUS FLOAT PLANE SEEN TO MAKE VERTICAL CLIMB JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. STALLED,SPUN INTO TREES AT END OF RUNWAY

## 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 FTW79FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA101), Aug 16, 1979: Cessna A185F (N8245Q), Westwego, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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