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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 120 · Sonoma, CA · January 20, 1992

Date
January 20, 1992 · 16:02 local
Place
Sonoma, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3010N
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX92LA097
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C9012F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
442 total18 in this make and model72 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 climbout. Nosed over in dry creek bed landing. Mixture control shaft seized lean. 138 hrs in 8 years

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. NOSED OVER IN DRY CREEK BED LANDING. MIXTURE CONTROL SHAFT SEIZED LEAN. 138 HRS IN 8 YEARS

NTSB investigation

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