# Incident 19890726043289I: Cessna 180K, Pecan Island, LA, July 26, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1989, 15:30 local time
- Place: Pecan Island, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AQTA
- Location: 29.6466° N, 92.4532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pecan Island, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6466&lon=-92.4532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63130, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63130) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,594 total, 5,327 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890726043289I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ON FLOATS WAS TAXIING TO OIL RIG. GUST LIFTED LEFT WING AND RIGHT WING HIT WATER. NO FLIGHT INTENDED.

## Other reports on N63130 (2)

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

- [Accident 20230921015019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230921015019A), Sep 21, 2023: Cessna 180K (N63130), Monument Valley, UT, Substantial damage. Pilot was attempting to land at UT25. Upon touchdown of tailwheel a gust of wind caught the right wing, this caused the left wing to strike the ground which…
- [Accident 19910118000819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910118000819A), Jan 18, 1991: Cessna 180K (N63130), Patterson, LA, Minor damage, 1 fatal. Unable to take off due rough water. Taxiing to lee of shore. Float plugs came off. Pilot drowned trying pump floats

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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