# Accident 19800706024039A: Cessna 180, Borger, TX, July 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1980, 11:40 local time
- Place: Borger, TX
- Airport: Hutchinson Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7009° N, 101.3937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTCHINSON COUNTY (BGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7009&lon=-101.3937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9254C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9254C-2006-02-24) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,245 total, 24 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800706024039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST POWER ON FINAL APPROACH & MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN CANYON. THROTTLE CONNECTION FOUND BROKEN.

## 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 FTW80FQG28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQG28), Jul 6, 1980: Cessna 180 (N9254C), Borger, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9254C (1)

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

- [Accident 19730528013919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730528013919A), May 28, 1973: Cessna 180 (N9254C), St.Francisvlle, LA, Substantial damage. Duplicated carb ice during post accident test.

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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