# Accident 19740407008439A: Cessna 180B, Jacksonville, NC, April 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1974
- Place: Jacksonville, NC
- Airport: Fountain
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 34.8514° N, 77.6652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fountain Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8514&lon=-77.6652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5188E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5188E-1975-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,247 total, 99 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DLJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLJ38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740407008439A

## Narrative

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

AFTR PARADROPS,GLIDED TO ARPT.PWR LOSS ON ATMTD GO-ARND.PLT SUSPECTED CARB ICE.LNDD IN PLOWED FLD

## 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 IAD74DLJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DLJ38), Apr 7, 1974: Cessna 180 (N5188E), Jacksonville, NC, 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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