# Accident 19770807041799A: Cessna 180, Harding Lake, AK, August 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1977
- Place: Harding Lake, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 64.4213° N, 146.8155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Harding Lake, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.4213&lon=-146.8155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4968A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4968A) (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: 320 total, 320 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAA42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAA42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770807041799A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT CARRYING PASSENGERS.

## 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 ANC77DAA42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAA42), Aug 7, 1977: Cessna 180 (N4968A), Harding Lake, AK, destroyed

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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