# Accident 19950601014319A: Cessna 120, College Station, TX, June 1, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1995, 13:55 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: Easterwood Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.5880° N, 96.3625° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERWOOD FLD (CLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5880&lon=-96.3625&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76856, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76856-2018-05-31) (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: 4,094 total, 55 in this make and model, 107 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA223) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950601014319A

## Narrative

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

LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL LANDING BEHIND AIRLINER. EXITED RUNWAY INTO MUD. NOSED OVER. BLAMED WAKE TURBULENCE.

## 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 FTW95LA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA223), Jun 1, 1995: Cessna 120 (N76856), College Station, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER ENCOUNTERING WAKE TURBULENCE FROM A LANDING AIRPLANE. A FACTOR WAS THE TAILWIND.

## Other reports on N76856 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140308002819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140308002819A), Mar 8, 2014: Cessna 120 (N76856), Carson City, NV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances of the wreckage was spotted from the air in mountainous terrain 7.5 miles southeast of Carson City airport on…

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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