# Accident 19801213071509A: Cessna 180, Meeker, CO, December 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Meeker, CO
- Airport: Meeker
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0488° N, 107.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Meeker Airport (EEO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0488&lon=-107.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9273C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTE10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801213071509A

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S SEAT SLID BACK DURING TAKEOFF. PILOT DID NOT SECURE SEAT PROPERLY.

## 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 DEN81FTE10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTE10), Dec 13, 1980: Cessna 180 (N9273C), Meeker, CO, 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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