# Accident 19800927048339A: Cessna 180C, Westwego, LA, September 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Westwego, LA
- Airport: Westwego
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- 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: N2135Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2135Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 35 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800927048339A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF AND HIT SEAPLANE DOCK.

## 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 N2135Z (1)

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

- [Accident 20250430006339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250430006339A), Apr 30, 2025: Cessna 180F (N2135Z), Duncan, OK, Substantial damage. On 4/30/2025 at 2300 hrs a Cessna 180 was doing a touch and go's at Duncan munincipal airport (duc), with 2 people on board, on the final landing the aircraft…

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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