# Accident 19730304013759A: Cessna 180, Eveleth, MN, March 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1973
- Place: Eveleth, MN
- Airport: Eveleth-Virginia
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 47.4242° N, 92.4966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVELETH/VIRGINIA MUNI (EVM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4242&lon=-92.4966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3653C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3653C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 29 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73DER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DER42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730304013759A

## Narrative

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

RETRACTABLE SKI-WHEEL EQUIPPED.JUMPED SNOWBANK LOST CTL.

## 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 MKC73DER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DER42), Mar 4, 1973: Cessna 180C (N3653C), Eveleth, MN, substantial damage

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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