# Accident 19810817057729A: Cessna 180H, AK, August 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1981
- Place: AK
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N3424Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3424Y-2018-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 180H (registry code 2072618, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180H
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA101) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810817057729A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE BECAME MISSING. WAS CONSIDERABLE OVER GROS WEIGHT ON DEPARTURE. FORECAST TURBULENCE A NEGATIVE FACTOR.

## 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 ANC81FA101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81FA101), Aug 17, 1981: Cessna 180H (N3424Y), Missing Aircraft, destroyed, 4 fatal

## Other reports on N3424Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20120311003689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120311003689A), Mar 11, 2012: Cessna 180H (N3424Y), Belle Chasse, LA, Substantial damage. After landing and taviing down the runway a gust of wind blew the aircraft off the runway causing it to hit a stack of pipes.

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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