# Accident 19731025033819A: Cessna 120, Stockbridge, MI, October 25, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1973
- Place: Stockbridge, MI
- Airport: Davis Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 42.4491° N, 84.1757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockbridge, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4491&lon=-84.1757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4085N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4085N-2016-03-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,304 total, 45 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEC18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731025033819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TKOF WITH APRX 4 GAL FUEL ON BOARD ENG QUIT WHILE ACFT IN STEEP CLB ANGLE TO 150FT AGL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI74FEC18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC18), Oct 25, 1973: Cessna 120 (N4085N), Stockbridge, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4085N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19861117079789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861117079789A), Nov 17, 1986: Cessna 120 (N4085N), Columbia, CA, Substantial damage. While practicing high speed taxiing, the pilot lost control and the aircraft nosed over.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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