# Accident 19731223040189A: Cessna 180, Stow, MA, December 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1973
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minuteman
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 42.4370° N, 71.5056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stow, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4370&lon=-71.5056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1607C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1607C) (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: 575 total, 125 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC74DNA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DNA29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731223040189A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO NEGOTIATE TURN ON TAXIWAY TAXIED OFF TAXIWAY INTO DRAINAGE DITCH.

## 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 NYC74DNA29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC74DNA29), Dec 23, 1973: Cessna 180 (N1607C), Stow, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1607C (2)

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

- [Incident 19940605024209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940605024209I), Jun 5, 1994: Cessna 180 (N1607C), Lyman, ME, 1 fatal. Jumper departed witha a backflip. Parachute lines caught boot. Deployed emergency chute also tangled and streamed.
- [Accident 19920705056219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920705056219A), Jul 5, 1992: Cessna 180 (N1607C), Sanford, ME, Substantial damage. Ground looped the tailwheel 180 on landing roll. Blamed crosswind gust. Wind reported as light.

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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