# Accident 19810625036889A: Cessna 180, Afton, MN, June 25, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 1981, 13:45 local time
- Place: Afton, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8988° N, 92.8191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Afton, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8988&lon=-92.8191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4790B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4790B) (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: 12,000 total, 490 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81DER46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810625036889A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON ROUGH WATER, FLOATS WERE SWAMPED.  SEAPLANE FLIPPED OVER. STRONG GUSTY WINDS, PERPENDICULAR BOAT WAKES.

## 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 CHI81DER46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81DER46), Jun 25, 1981: Cessna 180 (N4790B), Afton, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4790B (1)

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

- [Accident 19730207002759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730207002759A), Feb 7, 1973: Cessna 180 (N4790B), St Paul, MN, Substantial damage. Acft fuel sys,5GAL unusable.4GAL drained from sys after acdt.

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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