# Incident 19780125004949I: Cessna 120, New Philadelphi, OH, January 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1978, 14:00 local time
- Place: New Philadelphi, OH
- Airport: Sun Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5118° N, 81.4181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Sun Valley Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5118&lon=-81.4181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4187N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4187N-2017-02-22) (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: 400 total, 30 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780125004949I

## Narrative

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

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

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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