# Accident 19760127002019A: Cessna 120, Kalamazoo, MI, January 27, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 1976
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Austin Lake
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2404N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2404N-2012-08-14) (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: 7,321 total, 60 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DEM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEM26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760127002019A

## Narrative

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

R WHEEL ENTRD LOOSE SNOW ON R EDGE OF RWY.SOD RWY,SNOW ROLLED TO PACK NOT PLOWED.

## 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 CHI76DEM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEM26), Jan 27, 1976: Cessna 120 (N2404N), Kalamazoo, MI, 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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