- Date
- August 18, 1976
- Place
- Gretna, LA · GRETNA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N544ZCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760818026179A
- Case key
- 155470
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2399 76/8/18 GRETNA,LA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 22593 TIME - 0915 N544Z PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 12010 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OUTFLOW CANAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRETNA,LA SANDERSON,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FOAM RUBBER FM AIR FILTER SEAL LODGED IN CARB VENTURI.FLOAT EQPD.CRASH LNDD 10FT SHORT OF CANAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N544Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Outflow Canal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.