# Accident 19890916035349A: Cessna 120, Shelbyville, IN, September 16, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 1989, 07:30 local time
- Place: Shelbyville, IN
- Airport: Solenberg Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4778° N, 85.8833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Solenberg Airport (II97), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4778&lon=-85.8833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1844N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1844N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 934 total, 72 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA187) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890916035349A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FAILED TO KEEP AIRCRAFT IN CENTER OF RUNWAY. WING TIP HIT TALL CORN ON EDGE OF RUNWAY PIVOTING IT INTO THE CORN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI89LA187](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA187), Sep 16, 1989: Cessna 120 (N1844N), Shelbyville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER ALIGNMENT DURING THE LANDING ROLL.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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