# Accident 19751120038809A: Cessna 180, Bemidji, MN, November 20, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 1975
- Place: Bemidji, MN
- Airport: Midway Seaplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Location: 47.4870° N, 94.8827° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bemidji, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4870&lon=-94.8827&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9161C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9161C) (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: 585 total, 494 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76DER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DER42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751120038809A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQPD.PLT RPTD FLT CTL MALFUNCTION,NONE FOUND.DROPPED ABT 10 FT INTO LAKE.WIND GUSTING 20K.

## 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 MKC76DER42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76DER42), Nov 20, 1975: Cessna 180 (N9161C), Bemidji, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9161C (2)

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

- [Accident 19880501011309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880501011309A), May 1, 1988: Cessna 180 (N9161C), Rolla, MO, Substantial damage. Turned fuel selector to off by mistake on downwind. Undershot runway. Aircraft was equipped with amphibious floats.
- [Accident 19870627027579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870627027579A), Jun 27, 1987: Cessna 180 (N9161C), Lakeview, AR, Substantial damage. The float equipped aircraft was blown over during water taxi after a lake landing. Thunder storms in the area.

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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