# Accident 19981226033849A: Cessna 120, Omak, WA, December 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Omak, WA
- Airport: Omak Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3592° N, 119.2701° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3592&lon=-119.2701&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N120L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 80 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA99LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981226033849A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. (.19) ON DECEMBER 26, 1998, APPROXIMATELY 1500 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 120, N120L, REGISTERED TO DOUGLAS MARSH AND BEING FLOWN BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A SNOW BERM ALONG THE EAST OF RUNWAY 17, AND THEN NOSED OVER AT THE OMAK AIRPORT, OMAK, WASHINGTON. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT, WHICH WAS PERSONAL, WAS TO HAVE BEEN OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR 91, AND ORIGINATED FROM THE OMAK AIRPORT APPROXIMATELY 1415. THE PILOT, WHO HAD RECEIVED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR PREVIOUSLY, REPORTED THAT THE WINDS WERE CALM AND THE RUNWAY SURFACE HAD SOME SNOW ON IT. HE ALSO REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION WITH THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 SEA99LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA99LA024), Dec 26, 1998: Cessna 120 (N120L), Omak, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to maintain directional control. Contributing factors were the snow covered runway and a snowbank (berm) at the runway's edge.

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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