# Accident 19800304004289A: Cessna 180C, Kenai, AK, March 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1980, 09:40 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9337T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9337T-1981-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180C (registry code 2072608, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 920 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800304004289A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED AIRCRAFT INTO AREA OF SNOW & FOG IN A MOUNTAIN PASS. EXPERIENCED WHITEOUT. TRIED TO TURN BACK. CRASHED.

## 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 ANC80DAG33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG33), Mar 4, 1980: Cessna 180C (N9337T), Kenai, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9337T (1)

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

- [Accident 19760324006999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760324006999A), Mar 24, 1976: Cessna 180C (N9337T), Port Alsworth, AK, Substantial damage. Tkof frm frozen swamp,hit bump & became airborne. Settled into hill. Stol kit,plt op as normal C-180

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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