# Accident 19780611024269A: Cessna 120, Abilene, KS, June 11, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 1978
- Place: Abilene, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Location: 38.9243° N, 97.2288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9243&lon=-97.2288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1959V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1959V-1984-04-10) (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: 244 total, 163 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780611024269A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 MKC78FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA047), Jun 11, 1978: Cessna 120 (N1959V), Abilene, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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