# Accident 19731026036849A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, October 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1973
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Anchorage International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3160D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3160D-2012-05-24) (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: 3,401 total, 487 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74AA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731026036849A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF FROM CURVING CITY STREET.L WG HIT SMALL TREES & SHED. CRASHED ON FROZEN LAKE.

## 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 ANC74AA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74AA040), Oct 26, 1973: Cessna 180 (N3160D), Anchorage, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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