# Accident 19760924037099A: Cessna 180, Cordova, AK, September 24, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1976
- Place: Cordova, AK
- Airport: Cordova Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 60.5436° N, 145.7259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORDOVA MUNI (CKU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5436&lon=-145.7259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5544A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,479 total, 100 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC76DAH82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH82) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760924037099A

## Narrative

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

WND GUSTING TO 25KTS

## 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 ANC76DAH82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC76DAH82), Sep 24, 1976: Cessna 180 (N5544A), Cordova, AK, substantial damage

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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