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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Thermopolis, WY · November 1, 1981

Date: November 1, 1981 · 14:00 local
Place: Thermopolis, WY
Airport: Thermopolis
Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1600V
Reported as: Cessna 120
Reported engine: Continental C85*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 230 total33 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N1600VRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Cessna 120S/N 13772 · Built 1947 Airframe modelCessna 120 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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.

Unable to pull control wheel back on tail up takeoff roll aborted, nosed up. Control wheel clamp jammed control.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO PULL CONTROL WHEEL BACK ON TAIL UP TAKEOFF ROLL ABORTED, NOSED UP. CONTROL WHEEL CLAMP JAMMED CONTROL.