# Accident 20000929015609A: Cessna 340CESSNA, Nadi, FJ, September 29, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: Nadi, FJ
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N130DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N130DR-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00WA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00WA353) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000929015609A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2000, AT 1600 HOURS LOCAL TIME, N130DR, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE WATER IN NADI BAY, ABOUT 1,500 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY 09 THRESHOLD AT NADI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE FIGI ISLANDS. THE PILOT, A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FERRY FLIGHT, THAT DEPARTED FROM MAGENTA AIRPORT, NEW CALEDONIA, NWWM AT 1200.

## 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 LAX00WA353](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00WA353), Sep 29, 2000: Cessna 340 (N130DR), Nadi, Fiji, 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.

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