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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 180 · Upper Russian L, AK · December 24, 1978

Date: December 24, 1978
Place: Upper Russian L, AK
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9753G
Reported as: Cessna 180
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,700 total100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9753GRegistration cancelled Aug 5, 2013 · Cessna 180HS/N 18052253 · Built 1972 Airframe modelCessna 180H Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After landing on a frozen lake the aircraft fell through the ice.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER LANDING ON A FROZEN LAKE THE AIRCRAFT FELL THROUGH THE ICE.