# Accident 19830219004779A: Cessna 180H, Chandeleur Isla, LA, February 19, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 1983, 13:15 local time
- Place: Chandeleur Isla, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- 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: N9080M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,677 total, 2,700 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830219004779A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO TAKE OFF FROM A CURVING BEACH. SETTLED INTO SURF AFTER LIFTOFF AND 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 FTW83LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA123), Feb 19, 1983: Cessna 180H (N9080M), Chandeleur Isl., LA, destroyed

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.