# Accident 19730604016879A: Cessna 180H, Newtok, AK, June 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1973
- Place: Newtok, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 60.9385° N, 164.6484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newtok, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.9385&lon=-164.6484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2794X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2794X-1974-07-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73DAH02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAH02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604016879A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.TKOF FM A LAKE 83NM WEST OF NEWTOK.NSED OVR IN TUNDRA.

## 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 ANC73DAH02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73DAH02), Jun 4, 1973: Cessna 180 (N2794X), Newtok, AK, 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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