# Accident 19730628017019A: Cessna 180, Skwentna, AK, June 28, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1973
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Airport: Chelatna Lake Lod
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 61.9903° N, 151.3978° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Skwentna, AK, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9903&lon=-151.3978&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2230C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2230C) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 225 total, 54 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730628017019A

## Narrative

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

L BRAKE CYL PISTON ROD TERMINAL END UNSCREWED. L BRAKE INOP.

## 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 ANC74DAG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG01), Jun 28, 1973: Cessna 180 (N2230C), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2230C (1)

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

- [Accident 19771225038299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771225038299A), Dec 25, 1977: Cessna 180 (N2230C), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was making touch and go ldgs on frozen lk

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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