# Accident 19731231040229A: Cessna 120, Wilber, NE, December 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1973
- Place: Wilber, NE
- Airport: Wilber
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.4752° N, 96.9863° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Wilber Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4752&lon=-96.9863&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2447N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,763 total, 1,529 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DCJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCJ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731231040229A

## Narrative

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

GR BROKE THRU CRUST OF 4-6 IN SNOW.

## 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 MKC74DCJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DCJ22), Dec 31, 1973: Cessna 120 (N2447N), Wilber, NE, substantial damage

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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