Cessna 180 accidents

The NTSB database holds 2,729 accidents and incidents involving the Cessna 180, recorded between 1962 to 2026. 208 of them were fatal (8%), and 408 people died.

The deadliest year was 1968, with 29 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (869 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and Mexico.

1,733 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

2,729

Records

208

Fatal

408

Deaths

Share fatal

1962 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 996 of 2,729 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 640

1970s 841

1980s 435

1990s 293

2000s 219

2010s 192

2020s 109

Where these happened

United States 2,667 Canada 24 Mexico 18 Unknown/Not Reported 6 Other-Foreign Countries 2 Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 2

Operators involved

Armstrong Air* 8 Samuelson Flyi 5 Bush Support S 4 Peninsula Airw 4 Nalco Chemical 4 Northern Commu 3

All 2,729 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Feb 1986	Cessna 180 N2874K	Kalispell, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	1
14 Dec 1984	Cessna 180K N64011	Ft.smith, Arkansas, United States	-	Fatal	1
27 Oct 1984	Cessna 180 N602RD	Amarillo, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
25 May 1984	Cessna 180H N3481Y	Broadus, Montana, United States	-	Fatal	1
28 Nov 1983	Cessna 180 N91478	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	-	Fatal	1
30 May 1983	Cessna 180J N42917	North Bend, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	1
24 Feb 1983	Cessna 180J N3687C	Descanso, California, United States	-	Fatal	1
7 Nov 1982	Cessna 180B N5271E	Near Irwin, Idaho, United States	Albert Erwin Ellis	Fatal	1
1 Feb 1981	Cessna 180K N2954K	Statesboro, Georgia, United States no coordinates	Georgia Forest	Fatal	1
12 Sep 1980	Cessna 180K N66186	Houma, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Wurzlow Flying	Fatal	1
20 Jun 1980	Cessna 180 N91473	Otisville, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Dec 1979	Cessna 180K N2594K	Harvey, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Harvey Canal S	Fatal	1
30 Nov 1979	Cessna 180 N2694Y	Goose Bay, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
5 Oct 1978	Cessna 180H N8203V	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Jul 1978	Cessna 180 N9427C	Iliamna, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
13 Apr 1978	Cessna 180J N42210	New Orleans, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Baroid Petrole	Fatal	1
21 Sep 1977	Cessna 180 N9999N	Ashland, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Jul 1977	Cessna 180F N2182Z	Bethel, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
16 Sep 1976	Cessna 180A N9664B	King Salmon, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
11 Aug 1976	Cessna 180 N2004C	Buena Park, California, United States no coordinates	Rose Aviation	Fatal	1
12 Jul 1974	Cessna 180C N9321T	Tacoma, Washington, United States no coordinates	RHB Flying ASS	Fatal	1
23 Nov 1973	Cessna 180B N5083E	Enid, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Maize Flying S	Fatal	1
26 Oct 1973	Cessna 180 N3160D	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
8 Sep 1973	Cessna 180 N9170C	Wessington, South Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
23 Mar 1973	Cessna 180A N7869A	Livermore, California, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Apr 1972	Cessna 180G N4709U	Cotulla, Texas, United States no coordinates	LAY Constructi	Fatal	1
20 Mar 1972	Cessna 180H N9050M	Medicine Bow, Wyoming, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
19 Mar 1972	Cessna 180H N2769X	Delta Junctn, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Dec 1971	Cessna 180 N7692A	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Apr 1971	Cessna 180 N7932V	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
24 Oct 1970	Cessna 180 N2338C	Belden, North Dakota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
4 Jan 1970	Cessna 180 N3143D	Karluk, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
24 Nov 1969	Cessna 180F N2159Z	Prt Albrni, Canada no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
18 Nov 1969	Cessna 180 N9113T	Missing Aircraft, Unknown/Not Reported no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
17 Oct 1969	Cessna 180 N2808D	Center, Colorado, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
5 Aug 1969	Cessna 180B N5084E	Greenville, Maine, United States no coordinates	Holt Flying SE	Fatal	1
17 Jun 1969	Cessna 180 N4734B	Truckee, California, United States no coordinates	Nevada Drug Co	Fatal	1
5 Feb 1969	Cessna 180 N4576B	Anchorage, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
3 Oct 1968	Cessna 180 N3123D	Cherokee, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
2 Aug 1968	Cessna 180 N4931A	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
28 Jan 1968	Cessna 180 N3663C	Deland, Florida, United States no coordinates	Falling Angels	Fatal	1
2 Jan 1968	Cessna 180H N8234V	Coeur D-Alene, Idaho, United States no coordinates	Sandpoint Air	Fatal	1
30 Oct 1967	Cessna 180 N2478C	Roseburg, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Oreg.safe Lock	Fatal	1
16 Sep 1967	Cessna 180 N3133C	Iliamna, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Billys Flying	Fatal	1
15 Aug 1967	Cessna 180A N9509B	Talkeetna, Alaska, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
9 Jul 1967	Cessna 180 N3181C	Stormville, New York, United States no coordinates	Parachute Club	Fatal	1
11 Jun 1967	Cessna 180 N3181C	Stormville, New York, United States no coordinates	Parachute Club	Fatal	1
13 May 1967	Cessna 180 N4745U	Grand Chenier la, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Baroid Divisio	Fatal	1
13 Feb 1967	Cessna 180 N53650	Catahoula, Louisiana, United States no coordinates	Long Horn Air	Fatal	1
13 Oct 1965	Cessna 180 N2281C	Bemidji, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1