19791022029159A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 180F · Morgan City, LA · October 22, 1979

Date
October 22, 1979 · 09:45 local
Place
Morgan City, LA
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9976N
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80DRD02
Reported as
Cessna 180F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,500 total1,500 in this make and model240 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.

Pilot hit submerged sandbar after landing on river.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT HIT SUBMERGED SANDBAR AFTER LANDING ON RIVER.

NTSB investigation

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