# Incident 19790205005379I: Cessna 180, Dunkirk, NY, February 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 1979, 12:00 local time
- Place: Dunkirk, NY
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4806° N, 79.3329° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dunkirk, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4806&lon=-79.3329&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9019C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9019C) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790205005379I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT NOSED UP WHILE EXECUTING A 180 DEGREE TURN.

## Other reports on N9019C (1)

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

- [Accident 20110913026939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110913026939A), Sep 13, 2011: Cessna 180 (N9019C), Ambler, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was departing a gravel bar downwind and rolled into the noatak river flipping the aircraft onto it's back damaging the vertical stabilizer.

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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