# NTSB CHI80DEM15: Cessna 180, N2406C, Lake Leelanau, MI, February 2, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: February 2, 1980
- Place: Lake Leelanau, MI · LAKE LEELANAU, MI
- Location: 44.9807° N, 85.7164° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Leelanau, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9807&lon=-85.7164&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 27, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80DEM15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DEM15

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0040   80/2/2    LAKE LEELANAU,MI    CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 59, 3104
        TIME - 1515                    N2406C              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1746 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TRAVERSE CITY,MI            LAKE LEELANAU,MI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED
        REMARKS- FROZEN LAKE COVERED WITH EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2406C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2406C), registered now, S/N 30706, built 1954 (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 19800202002459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800202002459A), Feb 2, 1980: Cessna 180, Lake Leelanau, MI, Substantial damage. Landed wheel equipped aircraft in deep snow on a frozen lake.

## Other investigations on N2406C (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 CHI96LA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA304), Aug 17, 1996: Cessna 180 (N2406C), Traverse City, MI, minor damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot of the Cessna 180, N2406C, to maintaining proper spacing from the Cessna 150M, N9352U. A factor relating to this accident was the Cessna 180 pilot's diverted attention.

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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