# Accident 19750923030039A: Cessna 180, Rapid City, SD, September 23, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1975
- Place: Rapid City, SD
- Airport: Rapid City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 44.0453° N, 103.0574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RAPID CITY RGNL (RAP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0453&lon=-103.0574&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4707B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4707B) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 552 total, 42 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FTK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750923030039A

## Narrative

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

CENTER MAIN PIVOT BOLT ON STEERABLE TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLY EXCESSIVELY LOOSE.

## 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 MKC76FTK07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FTK07), Sep 23, 1975: Cessna 180 (N4707B), Rapid City, SD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4707B (1)

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

- [Incident 19810718056319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810718056319I), Jul 18, 1981: Cessna 180 (N4707B), Aspen, CO, Minor damage. Landing in crowwsind aircraft yawed to right, damaging left wing tip. Rolled up an embankment damaged right wing tip

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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