# Accident 19740123003559A: Cessna 180B, Grayling, AK, January 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1974
- Place: Grayling, AK
- Airport: Grayling
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 62.8921° N, 160.0664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAYLING (KGX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=62.8921&lon=-160.0664&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5165E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5165E-1976-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 103 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC74DAG87](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG87) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740123003559A

## Narrative

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

RET TO GRAYLING DUE ENROUTE WEA. NO WEA BRIEF AVAIL FOR DEST.

## 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 ANC74DAG87](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC74DAG87), Jan 23, 1974: Cessna 180 (N5165E), Grayling, 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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