# Accident 19780704042869A: Cessna 180E, Coronation Is, AK, July 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1978
- Place: Coronation Is, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Aircraft: N774SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N774SB-1979-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,275 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780704042869A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED.FLOAT SUBMERGED DURING EXTENDED TAXI.

## 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 ANC78FA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78FA048), Jul 4, 1978: Cessna A185F (N774SB), Coronation Is, AK, destroyed, 1 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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