# Accident 19790822022949A: Cessna 180, Mandeville, LA, August 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mandeville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 30.3773° N, 90.1056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mandeville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3773&lon=-90.1056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3494Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3494Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,560 total, 125 in this make and model, 234 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790822022949A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED SEAPLANE LONG AND DOWNWIND. RAN UP ON THE BEACH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N3494Y (1)

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

- [Incident 19920717031639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920717031639I), Jul 17, 1992: Cessna 180H (N3494Y), Seward, AK, Minor damage. Engine quit at level off. Unable to return to airport. Landed in river.

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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