# Accident 19750723025229A: Cessna 180H, Daneka Lake, AK, July 23, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1975
- Place: Daneka Lake, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Aircraft: N9042M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9042M-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,766 total, 283 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750723025229A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT HIT SANDBAR. ACFT NOSED INTO LAKE SHORE.

## 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 ANC76DAG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAG16), Jul 23, 1975: Cessna 180 (N9042M), Daneka Lake, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9042M (1)

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

- [Accident 19850507018329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850507018329A), May 7, 1985: Cessna STC180 (N9042M), Anchorage, AK, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Ditched after engine quit. Fuel exhausted after diversions without adding fuel. Extensive carburetor heat use.

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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