19791020031059A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Vassar, MI · October 20, 1979

Date
October 20, 1979 · 16:10 local
Place
Vassar, MI
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2854N
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79FEC59
Reported as
Cessna 120
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
53 total53 in this make and model28 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.

Student pilot was circling about tree-top level over parents home. Hit tree and crashed to ground.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS CIRCLING ABOUT TREE-TOP LEVEL OVER PARENTS HOME. HIT TREE AND CRASHED TO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.