# Accident 19810628048669A: Cessna 180A, Copenhagen Cree, AK, June 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1981, 06:00 local time
- Place: Copenhagen Cree, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N180DM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180DM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180A (registry code 2072604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,595 total, 400 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810628048669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE LANDING ON BEACH. WHILE TAXIING ON BEACH, WHEELS SUNK IN AND WIND BLEW AIRCRAFT INVERTED.

## 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 ANC81DAG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG52), Jun 28, 1981: Cessna 180 (N180DM), Copenhagen Ck, 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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