# Accident 19790903022879A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, September 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1979, 21:45 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42372 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 7 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC79DAH01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790903022879A

## Narrative

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

MADE NIGHT WATER TAKEOFF. SEAT SLID BACKWARDS DURING CLIMB OUT. OVER CONTROLLED. HIT TREES ON SHORELINE.

## 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 ANC79DAH01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC79DAH01), Sep 3, 1979: Cessna 180J (N42372), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

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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