# Accident 19750723022269A: Cessna 180D, Buffalo, SD, July 23, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1975
- Place: Buffalo, SD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 45.5864° N, 103.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buffalo, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5864&lon=-103.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6453X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6453X-2017-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180D (registry code 2072610, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180D
- Reported engine: CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 488 total, 32 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DTK01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750723022269A

## Narrative

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

LOOSE CONE INSIDE MUFFLER.

## 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 MKC76DTK01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DTK01), Jul 23, 1975: Cessna 180 (N6453X), Buffalo, SD, 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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