# Accident 19780430008449A: Cessna 180, Wallkill, NY, April 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 1978
- Place: Wallkill, NY
- Airport: Kobelt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.6242° N, 74.1417° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KOBELT (N45), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6242&lon=-74.1417&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3173D (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,225 total, 200 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78DFA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DFA21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780430008449A

## Narrative

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

BOTH BRAKES CKD,NO MALFUNCTION.WIND GUSTING 25KTS.

## 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 NYC78DFA21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78DFA21), Apr 30, 1978: Cessna 180 (N3173D), Wallkill, NY, substantial damage

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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