# NTSB ANC81DAG15: Cessna 180, N4575B, Whittier, AK, December 9, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 9, 1980
- Place: Whittier, AK · WHITTIER, AK
- Location: 60.7771° N, 148.6659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whittier, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7771&lon=-148.6659&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 7, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127872
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC81DAG15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG15

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3113   80/12/9 NR.WHITTIER,AK        CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 42, 480
        TIME - 0920                    N4575B              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 130 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ANCHORAGE,AK               WHITTIER,AK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        REMARKS- L MAIN GEAR HIT ROCK OR HOLE,ROCKY BEACH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4575B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4575B), registered now, S/N 31474, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19801209076269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801209076269A), Dec 9, 1980: Cessna 180, Whittier, AK, Substantial damage. Landed on rock-strewn beach. Main gear struck a rock. Airplane ground-looped and flipped over.

## Other investigations on N4575B (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 NYC69D0443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69D0443), May 4, 1969: Cessna 180 (N4575B), Middlefield, MA, substantial damage

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.

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