# NTSB LAX00WA353: Cessna 340, N130DR, Nadi, Fiji, September 29, 2000

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 29, 2000
- Place: Nadi, Fiji
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 50378
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX00WA353
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50378/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00WA353

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N130DR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N130DR-2013-04-01), registration cancelled 2013-04-01, S/N 340-0041 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 340
- Registry model: [Cessna 340](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (registry code 2076404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: Benchmark Aviation
- Departed: NEW CALEDONIA, OF
- Destination: PAGO PAGO, OF
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20000929015609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000929015609A), Sep 29, 2000: Cessna 340CESSNA, Nadi, FJ, No damage. (-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…

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.

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