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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Aurora, NE · November 9, 1980

Date
November 9, 1980 · 15:45 local
Place
Aurora, NE
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N89765
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81DCJ02
Reported as
Cessna 120
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total550 in this make and model5 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.

Airplane began to ground-loop. Hit brakes too hard to correct. Airplane nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

AIRPLANE BEGAN TO GROUND-LOOP. HIT BRAKES TOO HARD TO CORRECT. AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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