# NTSB DEN73DTM06: Cessna 180, N9324C, Kanab, UT, August 9, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 9, 1972
- Place: Kanab, UT · KANAB, UT
- Location: 37.0141° N, 112.5044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kanab, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0141&lon=-112.5044&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 12, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN73DTM06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN73DTM06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3110   72/8/9    KANAB,UT            CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2187
        TIME - 0805                    N9324C              PX-  0  0  3  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KANAB
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WILLIAMS,ARIZ               KANAB,UT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM)
           SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RESERVOIR,LINES,FITTINGS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BURST
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- LEFT BRAKE HYDRAULIC LINE BROKE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9324C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9324C), registered now, S/N 31722, 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
- Airport: Kanab

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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