# Accident 19810927063419A: Cessna 180, Corcoran, MN, September 27, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1981, 11:45 local time
- Place: Corcoran, MN
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0952° N, 93.5475° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Corcoran, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0952&lon=-93.5475&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3205D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3205D) (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
- Reported engine: CONT O470S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 265 total, 185 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FER72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER72) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810927063419A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING ROLL, GEAR SPRING ARM FAILED AT AXLE BOLTS. FOUND FATIGUE CRACK.

## 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 CHI81FER72](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FER72), Sep 27, 1981: Cessna 180 (N3205D), Corcoran, MN, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.