# Accident 19810626036549A: Cessna 180, Thayne, WY, June 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1981, 20:45 local time
- Place: Thayne, WY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9199° N, 110.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Thayne, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9199&lon=-110.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N966K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N966K-1990-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180 (registry code 2072602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 283 total, 156 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FTC19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTC19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810626036549A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. GROUND-LOOPED INTO A DITCH.

## 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 DEN81FTC19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FTC19), Jun 26, 1981: Cessna 180 (N966K), Thayne, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N966K (3)

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

- [Accident 19841231070709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841231070709A), Dec 31, 1984: Cessna 180 (N966K), Marion, MT, Substantial damage. Snow covered runway plowed, but snow still too deep. Nosed over on back on landing rollout.
- [Incident 19810524040499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810524040499I), May 24, 1981: Cessna 180 (N966K), Kalispell, MT, 1 fatal. Fatal parachute accident. Parachute malfunctioned.
- [Incident 19780114003009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780114003009I), Jan 14, 1978: Cessna 180 (N966K), Blackfoot, ID, Minor damage. Ran off end of runway after landing downwind, icy runway a factor.

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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