# Accident 19801220082819A: Cessna 180, Wrangell, AK, December 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 1980, 13:15 local time
- Place: Wrangell, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 56.4708° N, 132.3767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrangell, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4708&lon=-132.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N42464, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N42464) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180J (registry code 2072622, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180j) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 981 total, 680 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801220082819A

## Narrative

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

LOST LIFT ON APPROACH TO WATER LANDING. IMPACT SEVERE. TAXIED TO SHORE. SUSPECT WIND SHEAR. GUSTY SURFACE WIND.

## 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 ANC81DAD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAD02), Dec 20, 1980: Cessna 180 (N42464), St. John'S Hbr, 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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