# Accident 19730203003599A: Cessna 180F, Bethel, AK, February 3, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1973
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2194Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2194Z-1988-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,508 total, 112 in this make and model, 155 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73AA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73AA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730203003599A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OPERATING FROM PART LAND PART FROZEN SNOW COVERED LAKE.DEBRIS SCATTERED IN SNOW.R SKI HIT OIL DRUM

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC73AA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73AA041), Feb 3, 1973: Cessna 180H (N2194Z), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2194Z (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19820906068609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820906068609A), Sep 6, 1982: Cessna 180F (N2194Z), Merrill Pass, AK, Damage unknown, 2 fatal. Aircraft is missing on flight from lake hood to two lakes, Alaska. Weather for Merrill Pass was marginal.
- [Accident 19760729034869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760729034869A), Jul 29, 1976: Cessna 180F (N2194Z), Valdez, AK, Substantial damage. Brake dmgd by undet object. Ran into river.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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