# Accident 19830601022029A: Cessna 180J, Harvey, LA, June 1, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1983, 08:35 local time
- Place: Harvey, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.8888° N, 90.0664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harvey, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8888&lon=-90.0664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N52072 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180J
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,112 total, 60 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830601022029A

## Narrative

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

SEAPLANE TOOK OFF FROM CANAL AND ENTERED STEEP CLIMB AND STALLED AND CRASHED BACK INTO CANAL.

## 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 FTW83FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83FA259), Jun 1, 1983: Cessna 180J (N52072), Harvey, LA, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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