# Accident 19780904030829A: Cessna 180E, Anchorage, AK, September 4, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1978
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Lake Hood
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 61.1866° N, 149.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE HOOD (LHD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1866&lon=-149.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2968A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2968A) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DAH08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780904030829A

## Narrative

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

FLOAT EQUIPPED. LINT CLOGGED FUEL LINE.

## 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 ANC78DAH08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DAH08), Sep 4, 1978: Cessna 180 (N2968A), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2968A (1)

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

- [Incident 19780501031469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780501031469I), May 1, 1978: Cessna 180A (N2968A), Anchorage, AK. Forced landing on road after running out of fuel.

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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