# Accident 19800714034819A: Cessna 180, Brooks Range, AK, July 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Brooks Range, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N1511C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1511C) (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: 1,246 total, 59 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DAA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAA18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800714034819A

## Narrative

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

VARIABLE GUSTY WIND CHANGED TO TAILWIND ON LANDING. TRIED TO GO AROUND. RAN OUT OF RUNWAY BEFORE LIFT-OFF.

## 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 ANC80DAA18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DAA18), Jul 14, 1980: Cessna 180 (N1511C), Brooks Range, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1511C (1)

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

- [Accident 19790712018399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790712018399A), Jul 12, 1979: Cessna 180 (N1511C), Bettles, AK, Substantial damage. Hit bump landing on a beach. Main landing gear wheel dug in sand, flipped over.

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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