# Accident 19761221041499A: Cessna 120, Salome, AZ, December 21, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 1976
- Place: Salome, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.7811° N, 113.6147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salome, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7811&lon=-113.6147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N120Y) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 401 total, 294 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77DUJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761221041499A

## Narrative

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

LND ON DESERT ROAD,& HIT WASH.

## 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 LAX77DUJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77DUJ15), Dec 21, 1976: Cessna 120 (N120Y), Salome, AZ, 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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