# Accident 19751217039479A: Cessna 120, Crab Orchard, TN, December 17, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 17, 1975
- Place: Crab Orchard, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 35.9066° N, 84.8847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crab Orchard, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9066&lon=-84.8847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2138V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2138V-2017-10-28) (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: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DKW16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DKW16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751217039479A

## Narrative

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

RCVD WX BRFG IN MORNING.IFR CONDS RPRTD NEAR ACDNT SITE.HIT TREES DRG 180DEG TURN.

## 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 IAD76DKW16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DKW16), Dec 17, 1975: Cessna 120 (N2138V), Crab Orchard, TN, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.