# Accident 19760729034869A: Cessna 180F, Valdez, AK, July 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1976
- Place: Valdez, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 61.1308° N, 146.3483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdez, AK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1308&lon=-146.3483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2194Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2194Z-1988-07-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 806 total, 332 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAH58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760729034869A

## Narrative

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

BRAKE DMGD BY UNDET OBJECT. RAN INTO 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 ANC76DAH58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH58), Jul 29, 1976: Cessna 180 (N2194Z), Valdez, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2194Z (2)

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

- [Accident 19820906068609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820906068609A), Sep 6, 1982: Cessna 180F (N2194Z), Merrill Pass, AK, Damage unknown, 2 fatal. Aircraft is missing on flight from lake hood to two lakes, Alaska. Weather for Merrill Pass was marginal.
- [Accident 19730203003599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730203003599A), Feb 3, 1973: Cessna 180F (N2194Z), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Operating from part land part frozen snow covered lake. Debris scattered in snow.r ski hit oil drum

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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