# Accident 19780701016879A: Cessna 180, Bethel, AK, July 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 1978
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Hanger Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2978A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2978A) (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: 700 total, 9 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAG82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG82) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780701016879A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED

## 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 ANC78DAG82](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAG82), Jul 1, 1978: Cessna 180 (N2978A), Bethel, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2978A (1)

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

- [Accident 19740721022939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740721022939A), Jul 21, 1974: Cessna 180 (N2978A), Bethel, AK, Substantial damage. Plt aborted take off and ran up lake bank.

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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