# N76856: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: May 31, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=76856
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76856

## Aircraft that carried N76856

- [Cancelled 2018-05-31](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76856-2018-05-31): Cessna 120, S/N 11290, built 1946. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Crystal, MN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MN/Crystal)

## NTSB investigations on N76856 (2)

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 WPR14FA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA132), Mar 9, 2014: Cessna 120 (N76856), Carson City, NV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed decision to initiate a course-reversal turn when the airplane was unable to attain sufficient altitude to cross a mountain range, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its…
- [NTSB FTW95LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA223), Jun 1, 1995: Cessna 120 (N76856), College Station, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER ENCOUNTERING WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A LANDING AIRPLANE. A FACTOR WAS THE TAILWIND.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N76856 (2)

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.

- [Accident 20140308002819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140308002819A), Mar 8, 2014: Cessna 120 (N76856), Carson City, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances of the wreckage was spotted from the air in mountainous terrain 7.5 miles southeast of Carson City airport on…
- [Accident 19950601014319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950601014319A), Jun 1, 1995: Cessna 120 (N76856), College Station, TX, Substantial damage. Lost directional control landing behind airliner. Exited runway into mud. Nosed over. Blamed wake turbulence.

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