Cessna 180H N9080M

Summary

On 19 February 1983 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 180H registered N9080M was involved in an accident near Chandeleur Isl., Louisiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 February 1983 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Chandeleur Isl., Louisiana, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 180H

Registration

N9080M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Pascagoula

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83LA123

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT ELECTED TO TAKEOFF ON A SANDY BEACH APRX 1800 TO 2000 FT LONG. THERE WAS A GRADUAL CURVE IN THE BEACH FOR MOST OF THE TAKEOFF DISTANCE. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS DEBRIS ON THE BEACH THAT WAS TOO HEAVY TO MOVE, WHICH HE HAD TO DODGE WITH LESS THAN FULL POWER DURING A LARGE PART OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL. AFTER LIFT-OFF, THE ACFT SETTLED INTO SHALLOW WATER & NOSED OVER. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE ACFT WAS FURTHER DAMAGED BY SALT WATER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.