# Accident 19791130040659A: Cessna 180, Goose Bay, AK, November 30, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1979, 17:24 local time
- Place: Goose Bay, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N2694Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2694Y-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180F (registry code 2072614, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180f) (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: 672 total, 230 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791130040659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A 900 FEET LONG, UNLIGHTED STRIP AT NIGHT. HIT 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 ANC80FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA017), Nov 30, 1979: Cessna 180 (N2694Y), Goose Bay, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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