# Accident 19800221004009A: Cessna 180, Bowie, TX, February 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Bowie, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5570° N, 97.8462° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bowie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5570&lon=-97.8462&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1691C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1691C) (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: 857 total, 106 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800221004009A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TOUCH & GO IN STRONG CROSSWIND. LOST CONTROL. AIRCRAFT GROUND-LOOPED. NOSED OVER.

## 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 FTW80DPD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPD13), Feb 21, 1980: Cessna 180 (N1691C), Bowie, TX, 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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