- Date
- February 28, 1979
- Place
- Morgan City, LA · MORGAN CITY, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9939NCessna 180J
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790228003839A
- Case key
- 137869
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0282 79/2/28 NR.MORGAN CITY,LA CESSNA 180J CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2586 TIME - 1310 N9939N PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1010 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN CITY,LA NEW IBERIA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- LEFT FLOAT STRUCK SUBMERGED LOG,ACFT SWERVED,HIT TREES ON BANK,INVERTED AND SANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9939N
- Reported as
- Cessna 180J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.