# Accident 19740804024599A: Cessna 180B, Ferndale, MT, August 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1974
- Place: Ferndale, MT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 48.0516° N, 114.0073° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ferndale, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.0516&lon=-114.0073&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5067E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5067E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180B (registry code 2072606, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,100 total, 602 in this make and model, 195 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74DTI06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DTI06-138627) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740804024599A

## Narrative

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

SHORT PASTURE.

## 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 SEA74DTI06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74DTI06-138627), Aug 4, 1974: Cessna 180 (N5067E), Ferndale, MT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5067E (1)

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

- [Accident 20150606008569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150606008569A), Jun 6, 2015: Cessna 180B (N5067E), Waterloo, IA, Substantial damage. During the take off roll, the pilot's seat suddenly became disengaged from the seat stop. The secondary seat stop which had been installed in November of 2014…

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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