# Accident 19790929037019A: Cessna 120, Vicksburg, MS, September 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1979, 12:34 local time
- Place: Vicksburg, MS
- Airport: Hinds Hunt. Club
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3526° N, 90.8779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vicksburg, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3526&lon=-90.8779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72504, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72504-1981-07-07) (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: 1,484 total, 2 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790929037019A

## Narrative

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

WING STRUT ATTACH FITTING FAILED ON CLIMB OUT FROM PVT STRIP. WING FOLDED.ACFT HIT TREES.CORROSION INDUCED FAILURE

## 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 MIA79FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA130), Sep 29, 1979: Cessna 120 (N72504), Vicksburg, MS, destroyed, 2 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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