# Accident 19780101002889A: Cessna 180, Galena, AK, January 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1978
- Place: Galena, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 64.7409° N, 156.8769° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galena, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.7409&lon=-156.8769&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2441C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2441C-2009-07-14) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 162 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780101002889A

## Narrative

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

NO GENERATOR ON ACFT ENG,PLT HAD TO RELY ON BATTERY POWER FOR NIGPERATION.

## 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 ANC78FA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA009), Jan 1, 1978: Cessna 180 (N2441C), Galena, AK, substantial damage, 3 fatal

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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