# Accident 19741026035019A: Cessna 180, Leadville, CO, October 26, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1974
- Place: Leadville, CO
- Airport: Lake County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 39.2195° N, 106.3164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE COUNTY (LXV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2195&lon=-106.3164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1617C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1617C) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,059 total, 8 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN75DTE34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DTE34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741026035019A

## Narrative

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

ACFT SWERVED,PLT THOUGHT L BRAKE INOP,SO INTNTLLY GRND LOOPED. NO BRAKE MALFUNCTION.

## 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 DEN75DTE34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75DTE34), Oct 26, 1974: Cessna 180 (N1617C), Leadville, CO, 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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