# Accident 19780120001259A: Cessna 180E, Redding, CA, January 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1978
- Place: Redding, CA
- Airport: Redding
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 40.5090° N, 122.2934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REDDING RGNL (RDD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5090&lon=-122.2934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4646A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4646A) (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 180E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,601 total, 10 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78DVG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780120001259A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 OAK78DVG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78DVG15), Jan 20, 1978: Cessna 180 (N4646A), Redding, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4646A (1)

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

- [Accident 20080926845929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080926845929A), Sep 26, 2008: Cessna 180 (N4646A), Bluff, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) During back taxi airport surface not well maintained, left main of aircraft dropped into washout on side of runway which was not readily visible damaging…

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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