# Accident 19760228003569A: Cessna 120, Alamogordo, NM, February 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 1976
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Airport: Alamogordo Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77243, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77243-1977-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 275 total, 1 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FQD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQD15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760228003569A

## Narrative

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

PLT AT CNTRLS OWNER OF ACFT,NO MEDICAL CERT.PLT IN COMMAND WITH CURRENT MEDICAL TO MAKE FLT LEGAL

## 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 DEN76FQD15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQD15), Feb 28, 1976: Cessna 120 (N77243), Alamogordo, NM, destroyed

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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