# Accident 19820512025509A: Cessna 172, Chandeleur Isla, LA, May 12, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1982, 12:00 local time
- Place: Chandeleur Isla, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8358° N, 88.8345° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chandeleur Islands, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8358&lon=-88.8345&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52049, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52049-2004-12-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320D2J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 624 total, 270 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82DA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820512025509A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF SIDE OF A ROAD BEING USED FOR TAKEOFF. ABORTED. NOSE WHEEL DUG INTO SAND. NOSED OVER.

## 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 FTW82DA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82DA233), May 12, 1982: Cessna 172P (N52049), Chandeleur Isla, LA, substantial damage

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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