19821031055959A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Midvale, ID · October 31, 1982

Date
October 31, 1982 · 09:30 local
Place
Midvale, ID
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3177N
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83LA015
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C85*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,149 total943 in this make and model67 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.

Engine quit on takeoff. Airplane hit a fence off end of runway, nosed over. Pilot believed carburetor ice problem.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF. AIRPLANE HIT A FENCE OFF END OF RUNWAY, NOSED OVER. PILOT BELIEVED CARBURETOR ICE PROBLEM.

NTSB investigation

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