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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Dewitt, MI · June 19, 1973

Date
June 19, 1973
Place
Dewitt, MI
Airport
Lerge
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3118N
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI73FEM71
Reported as
Cessna 120
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,722 total54 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Wind gusting 20K.plt rptd ldg gr caught in the soil and wind flipped the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

WIND GUSTING 20K.PLT RPTD LDG GR CAUGHT IN THE SOIL AND WIND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.