# Accident 19740601019539A: Cessna 180A, Steuben, MI, June 1, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1974
- Place: Steuben, MI
- Airport: Steuben Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 46.1883° N, 86.4568° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Steuben, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1883&lon=-86.4568&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5212D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5212D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 133 total, 133 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74DEM64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM64) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740601019539A

## Narrative

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

HOLE IN SOD RWY HIDDEN BY TALL GRASS.

## 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 CHI74DEM64](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74DEM64), Jun 1, 1974: Cessna 180A (N5212D), Steuben, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5212D (2)

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

- [Incident 19940611027019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940611027019I), Jun 11, 1994: Cessna 180A (N5212D), Hailey, ID, Minor damage. Loss directional control and left the runway. Stuck runway sign. Blamed a wind gust. Tail wheel type suseptical.
- [Accident 19831126059079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831126059079A), Nov 26, 1983: Cessna 180A (N5212D), Portales, NM, Substantial damage. Landed in a ranch wheat field. The nose dipped while taxiing thru a furrow. Strong surface wind blew aircraft over.

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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