# Accident 19790908025309A: Cessna 180, Dexter, MI, September 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 1979, 10:00 local time
- Place: Dexter, MI
- Airport: Brockman Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3323° N, 83.8810° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dexter, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3323&lon=-83.8810&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4750U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4750U) (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 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,036 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEC54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790908025309A

## Narrative

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

MADE LANDING ON SHORT WET PRIVATE GRASS RUNWAY. RAN OFF DEPARTURE END INTO TREES.

## 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 CHI79DEC54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC54), Sep 8, 1979: Cessna 180 (N4750U), Dexter, MI, 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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