# Accident 19790901025909A: Cessna 180, San Rafael, CA, September 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1979, 18:00 local time
- Place: San Rafael, CA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9810° N, 122.5069° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Rafael, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9810&lon=-122.5069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9211C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9211C-1983-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,318 total, 854 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVD38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790901025909A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY ON TAKEOFF ROLL. WHEEL HIT DITCH. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.

## 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 LAX79FVD38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVD38), Sep 1, 1979: Cessna 180 (N9211C), San Rafael, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9211C (1)

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

- [Accident 19800830040519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830040519A), Aug 30, 1980: Cessna 180 (N9211C), Vinita, OK, Destroyed. Pilot lost control of aircraft during landing roll. Gear collapsed & aircraft caught fire and burned.

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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