# Accident 19770611019449A: Cessna 120, Logansport, IN, June 11, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1977
- Place: Logansport, IN
- Airport: Logansport Arprt
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.7481° N, 86.3547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Logansport, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7481&lon=-86.3547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73066, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N73066) (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: 298 total, 55 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FET18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FET18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770611019449A

## Narrative

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

WHEN UNABLE TO FLY AROUND RAIN SHOWERS PLT FLEW THROUGH THEM TO GET HOME.

## 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 CHI77FET18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FET18), Jun 11, 1977: Cessna 120 (N73066), Logansport, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N73066 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800507025229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800507025229A), May 7, 1980: Cessna 150 (N73066), Big Flat, AR, Substantial damage. Flew into area of lightning, hail, severe turbulence. Landed on a road. Veered off road after wing hit road sign.

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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