# Incident 19960308006969I: Cessna 120, New Braunfels, TX, March 8, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1996, 16:40 local time
- Place: New Braunfels, TX
- Airport: New Braunfels Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7045° N, 98.0422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at New Braunfels National Airport (BAZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7045&lon=-98.0422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76450, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76450) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 11 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960308006969I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER LANDING AT 35R, THE PILOT NOTED HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE DIRECTION OF THE TAXI PATH. THE AIRCRAFT KEPT VEERING TO THE LEFT SO CONTROL WAS MANAGED BY POWER APPLICATION TO RAISE THE TAIL WHEEL AND BRAKING. WHILE IN A POWER TAXI APPROACHING AN FBO RAMP, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED TO THE LEFT, STRIKING THE RIGHT TAIL BOOM OF A PARKED CESSNA 337, N1288M. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ABOARD THE CE-120 AND DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT WAS NOT OF MAJOR DEGREE. INSPECTION OF THE CE-120 TAIL WHEEL MOUNTING BRACKET, IPC FIGURE 23, ITEM 37, EXHIBITED COUNTER CLOCKWISE TORSIONAL LOADING, BUCKLING AND WAS VERTICALLY CRACKED ALONG THE RIGHT BRACKET STIFFENER.

## Other reports on N76450 (1)

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

- [Accident 19840514119349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840514119349A), May 14, 1984: Cessna 120 (N76450), Larchwood, IA, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Left the runway and nosed over when brakes were applied. No check out after long inactivity.

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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