# Accident 19810321011929A: Cessna 180, Skwentna, AK, March 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Skwentna, AK
- Airport: Skwentna
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9661° N, 151.1954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKWENTNA (SKW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9661&lon=-151.1954&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4569B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4569B-2008-01-02) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 377 total, 154 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810321011929A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON SNOW COVERED RUNWAY. WHEELS BROKE THROUGH SNOW CRUST. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## 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 ANC81DA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA034), Mar 21, 1981: Cessna 180 (N4569B), Skwentna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4569B (2)

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

- [Incident 20050416005309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050416005309I), Apr 16, 2005: Cessna 180 (N4569B), ID, Minor damage. (-23) N4569B, a 1955 Cessna 180 received "minor damage" to the propeller and left wingtip during a takeoff attempt from the closed Seminole Ranch airstrip. The…
- [Incident 19870611020019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870611020019I), Jun 11, 1987: Cessna 180 (N4569B), Anchorage, AK, Minor damage. During landing on a sandbar the tire encountered deep sand. The aircraft slowed rapidly, 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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