# Accident 19760504014029A: Cessna 180H, Bethel, AK, May 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1976
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91303, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91303-2004-10-25) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,250 total, 1,502 in this make and model, 242 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76AA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760504014029A

## Narrative

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

L SKI HIT RUT CAUSED BY OVR FLOW ON FROZEN RIVER

## 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 ANC76AA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76AA083), May 4, 1976: Cessna 180 (N91303), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N91303 (2)

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

- [Accident 20030625037379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030625037379A), Jun 25, 2003: Cessna 180H (N91303), Anchor Point, AK, Substantial damage, 3 fatal. (-23) This aircraft was on a flight from hallo bay wilderness camp, located within the katmai national park, about 100 miles south-southwest of homer, Alaska.…
- [Accident 20010328039589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010328039589A), Mar 28, 2001: Cessna 180H (N91303), Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 28, 2001, Cessna 180, aircraft N91303, sustained substantial damage on landing at a remote site 60 miles west of Iliamna, Alaska. The aircraft…

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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