19731117038629A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Wiggins, CO · November 17, 1973

Date
November 17, 1973
Place
Wiggins, CO
Airport
Spray Strip
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N3754V
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN74AD023
Reported as
Cessna 120
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
298 total106 in this make and model25 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.

Dep strip,OBS at low alt. Clrd pwr lines,dove nr grnd & entered steep climb to abt 500 ft AGL.

As the FAA filed it

DEP STRIP,OBS AT LOW ALT.CLRD PWR LINES,DOVE NR GRND & ENTERED STEEP CLIMB TO ABT 500 FT AGL.

NTSB investigation

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