# Incident 20230829012379I: Cessna 172RG, Abbeville, LA, August 29, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2023, 14:09 local time
- Place: Abbeville, LA
- Airport: Abbeville Chris Crusta Memoria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9758° N, 92.0842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABBEVILLE CHRIS CRUSTA MEML (IYA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9758&lon=-92.0842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5143U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5143U-2026-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,603 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230829012379I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THE PILOT DITCHED THE AIRCRAFT IN VERMILLION BAY NEAR ABBEVILLE, LA.  PILOT DEPLOYED RAFT AND WAS PICKED UP BY BOAT IN THE AREA.

## Other reports on N5143U (1)

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

- [Incident 19800607051389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800607051389I), Jun 7, 1980: Cessna 172RG (N5143U), Pittstown, NJ, Minor damage. Pilot ran off runway end after hard braking and tire blowout. Damaged propeller tips.

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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