# Accident 19791104034689A: Cessna 180, Brooksville, FL, November 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 4, 1979, 16:30 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Hernando Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3122C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3122C-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,494 total, 670 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80DLD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791104034689A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED MASTER CYLINDER BRAKE FAILURE DURING TAXI IN GUSTY WIND. 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 MIA80DLD07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80DLD07), Nov 4, 1979: Cessna 180 (N3122C), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3122C (1)

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

- [Accident 19960722019179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960722019179A), Jul 22, 1996: Cessna 180 (N3122C), Memphis, TN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on approach to airport, made an emergency landing in a parking lot.

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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