- Date
- August 6, 1980
- Place
- Empire, LA · EMPIRE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9945VCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800806033069A
- Case key
- 129989
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1708 80/8/6 EMPIRE,LA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 15625 TIME - 1500 N9945V PX- 0 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 5500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EMPIRE,LA HOUMA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.FIRE OCCURRED NEAR END OF WATER LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9945V
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9945V · 1
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