# Accident 19790407012039A: Cessna 180, Key Largo, FL, April 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1979, 12:00 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Airport: Port Largo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.0934° N, 80.4299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Port Largo Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0934&lon=-80.4299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9393C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9393C) (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: 643 total, 106 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKT52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790407012039A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING ROLL. WENT OVER EMBANKMENT OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY.

## 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 MIA79DKT52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKT52), Apr 7, 1979: Cessna 180 (N9393C), Key Largo, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9393C (2)

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

- [Accident 19880324031559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880324031559A), Mar 24, 1988: Cessna 180 (N9393C), Logan, UT, Substantial damage. Encountered low ceiling and snowshowers and low on fuel I n mountain terrain. Ran into a ditch landing on a road.
- [Incident 19780606044839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780606044839I), Jun 6, 1978: Cessna 180 (N9393C), Boulder, CO, Minor damage. Pilot making crosswind landing lost directional control.

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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