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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Lopez Island, WA · April 16, 1980

Date
April 16, 1980 · 15:15 local
Place
Lopez Island, WA
Airport
Windsock
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N90020
Reported as
Cessna 120
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total21 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.

Aircraft did not attain sufficient airspeed for takeoff. Ran off end of runway and flipped over.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DID NOT ATTAIN SUFFICIENT AIRSPEED FOR TAKEOFF. RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER.