# Accident 19730704017039A: Cessna 180H, Gilgo Beach, NY, July 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1973
- Place: Gilgo Beach, NY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 40.6184° N, 73.3976° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gilgo Beach, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6184&lon=-73.3976&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2423F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2423F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 358 total, 32 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74FHJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730704017039A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQPD,TKOF MADE IN AREA CONGESTED WITH BOATS AND PEOPLE IN WATER.ACFT STAGGERED OFF NOSE HI.

## 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 NYC74FHJ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74FHJ02), Jul 4, 1973: Cessna 180H (N2423F), Gilgo Beach, NY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2423F (2)

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

- [Accident 20160514005789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160514005789A), May 14, 2016: Cessna 180H (N2423F), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. On may 14, 2016, at approximently 1345 Alaska daylight time (akdst), a Cessna 180H airplane, N2423F, ground looped shortly after landing on a gravel runway…
- [Accident 19940318005939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940318005939A), Mar 18, 1994: Cessna 180 (N2423F), Eureka Lodge, AK, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing on a highway struck snow berm. Skelton strip at Lodge was unplowed.

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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