# Incident 19790915049199I: Cessna 180J, Bay St Louis, MS, September 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Bay St Louis, MS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3235° N, 89.3588° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bay St. Louis, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3235&lon=-89.3588&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7723K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,732 total, 1,578 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790915049199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT TAXIING TO THE BEACH WAS CAUGHT BY A GUST OF WIND, WAVES AND CURRENT. SEAPLANE TURNED OVER AND SANK.

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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