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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Ft Wayne, IN · August 13, 1983

Date
August 13, 1983 · 06:52 local
Place
Ft Wayne, IN
Airport
Smith
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N77372
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI83FET02
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C85*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
532 total220 in this make and model43 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 crashed during attempted emergency landing when engine quit during takeoff.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING WHEN ENGINE QUIT DURING TAKEOFF.

NTSB investigation

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