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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Tenakee Springs, AK · July 17, 1983

Date
July 17, 1983 · 23:15 local
Place
Tenakee Springs, AK
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N76239
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83LA152
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C8512F
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
790 total3 in this make and model64 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 en route. Landed on a rocky beach and flipped over. Pilot failed to use carburetor heat.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT EN ROUTE. LANDED ON A ROCKY BEACH AND FLIPPED OVER. PILOT FAILED TO USE CARBURETOR HEAT.

NTSB investigation

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