# Accident 19800706026389A: Cessna 180, Santa Fe, NM, July 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1980, 12:15 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6870° N, 105.9378° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Fe, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6870&lon=-105.9378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2868K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2868K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180K (registry code 2072624, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180k) (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: 650 total, 300 in this make and model, 203 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800706026389A

## Narrative

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

NOSED OVER ON TAKEOFF ROLL ON SOD STRIP. INDICATES BRAKES WERE ON WITH TAIL WHEEL OFF GROUND.

## 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 FTW80FQA30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA30), Jul 6, 1980: Cessna 180K (N2868K), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2868K (1)

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

- [Accident 20060702011849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060702011849A), Jul 2, 2006: Cessna 180K (N2868K), Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. (-23) The aircraft ground looped after landing on lake Hood strip runway 31. According to the pilot, on roll out he was slightly off center and tried to…

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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