# Accident 19800417009119A: Cessna 180, Anchorage, AK, April 17, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1980, 16:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4798B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4798B) (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: 1,233 total, 100 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800417009119A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON LANDING IN A CRAB ANGLE DUE TO CROSSWIND. EXCEEDED CROSSWIND COMPONENT.

## 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 ANC80DAG43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAG43), Apr 17, 1980: Cessna 180 (N4798B), Six Mile Lake, AK, 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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