# Accident 19770906025299A: Cessna 180, Rainy Pass Lod, AK, September 6, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1977
- Place: Rainy Pass Lod, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Aircraft: N9478C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9478C-1983-02-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,790 total, 360 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC77DAH22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770906025299A

## Narrative

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

DRIFTED INTO GRAVEL BANK.

## 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 ANC77DAH22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC77DAH22), Sep 6, 1977: Cessna 180 (N9478C), Rainy Pass Lod, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9478C (1)

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

- [Accident 19800628024479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800628024479A), Jun 28, 1980: Cessna 180 (N9478C), Whittier, AK, Substantial damage. Wing-tip hit tree limb after liftoff from gravel strip. Tried to recover control, hit trees on other side of strip.

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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