# Accident 19790923024649A: Cessna 180K, Mountain Home, ID, September 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1979, 17:55 local time
- Place: Mountain Home, ID
- Airport: Mountain Home
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1316° N, 115.7306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN HOME MUNI (U76), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1316&lon=-115.7306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63595, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N63595) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 354 total, 24 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79DYA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYA32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790923024649A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING, 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 SEA79DYA32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79DYA32), Sep 23, 1979: Cessna 180K (N63595), Mountain Home, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N63595 (1)

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

- [Incident 19820807041989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820807041989I), Aug 7, 1982: Cessna 180K (N63595), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Blew left main tire on the takeoff roll. Veered off runway, scraping a wing tip.

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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