19780125004949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · New Philadelphi, OH · January 25, 1978

Date
January 25, 1978 · 14:00 local
Place
New Philadelphi, OH
Airport
Sun Valley
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4187N
Reported as
Cessna 120
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
400 total30 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

As pilot initiated takeoff roll on slushy runway pilot lost directional control, hit snowbank went inverted.

As the FAA filed it

AS PILOT INITIATED TAKEOFF ROLL ON SLUSHY RUNWAY PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, HIT SNOWBANK WENT INVERTED.