# Incident 19960210003619I: Cessna 120, Norwood, MA, February 10, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1996, 09:06 local time
- Place: Norwood, MA
- Airport: Norwood Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1905° N, 71.1729° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORWOOD MEML (OWD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1905&lon=-71.1729&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77200, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77200-2021-07-12) (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 C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 738 total, 300 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960210003619I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N77200, CE-120 PILOTED BY JOSEPH B. THORNTON DEPARTED PYM ENROUTE OWD APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES SOUTH OF NORWOOD. CE-120 WAS CLEARED TO LAND BY OWD ATCT. APPROX. 2 MILES SOUTH PILOT RADIOED HE HAD LOST HIS ENGINE (ENGINE QUIT) AND WOULD LAND AIRCRAFT IN FROZEN MARSH. N77200 TOUCHED DOWN ON ICE, ROLLED FORWARD. MAIN GEAR BROKE THROUGH ICE AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. AIRCRAFT RCVD MINOR DAMAGE AND PILOT WAS UNINJURED. ENGINE STARTED OK ON 2/12/96. INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N77200 (1)

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

- [Accident 20191023021669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191023021669A), Oct 23, 2019: Cessna 120 (N77200), Marion, AL, Destroyed. On landing, pilot applied the brakes to avoid hitting a deer on the runway. Upon hard application of the brakes, the aircraft rolled over forward, coming to…

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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