# Accident 19761007041129A: Cessna 180, Backus, MN, October 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 7, 1976
- Place: Backus, MN
- Airport: Smiley Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 46.8209° N, 94.5145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Backus, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8209&lon=-94.5145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6559A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6559A-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,008 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77DER01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DER01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761007041129A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQPD.SETTLED INTO TREES.

## 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 MKC77DER01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77DER01), Oct 7, 1976: Cessna 180 (N6559A), Backus, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6559A (1)

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

- [Accident 19860429015159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860429015159A), Apr 29, 1986: Cessna 180 (N6559A), Brainerd, MN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Misjudged height above the glassy waters of lake edward. Hit nose low. Passenger drowned. Flaps not used.

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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