# Incident 19790902034019I: Cessna 180H, Kenai, AK, September 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8206V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8206V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 130 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/19790902034019I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FLEW INTO BOX CANYON, IMPACTED GROUND, DAMAGING FLOATS.

## Other reports on N8206V (1)

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

- [Accident 20001128041959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001128041959A), Nov 28, 2000: Cessna 180H (N8206V), Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) On November 28, 2000, at 1500 AK standard time, Cessna 180H, N8206V, sustained substantial damage while taxiing after landing on Wallace Lake, 1 mile…

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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