# Incident 20000904024249I: Cessna 120, Auburn, WA, September 4, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 2000, 19:15 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Academy Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2807° N, 122.1496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AUBURN ACADEMY (WA84), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2807&lon=-122.1496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3132N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3132N) (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: 1,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000904024249I

## Narrative

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

(-23)^PRIVACY DA^ WAS ADMINISTERING A FLIGHT REVIEW TO AIRCRAFT OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ , WHO DID NOT MEET THE PIC REQUIREMENTS OF 14 CFR PART 61.56(C).  ^PRIVACY DATA^ WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT WHILE DEMONSTRATING A POWER OFF APPROACH TO A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.  DURING THE APPROACH, ^PRIVACY DATA^ MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO A SLIP TO THE LEFT.  WHEN A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL, THE ENGINE FAILED TO PRODUCE POWER.  ^PRIVACY DA^ TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED IT APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.  AFTER TOUCHDOWN, COTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS AGAIN TRANSFERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA^, AND HE BEGAN BRAKING.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS STOPPED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY RESTING ON THE ENGINE COWLING.  ^PRIVACY DA^ STATED THAT DURING THE APPROACH, THE FUEL ELECTOR WAS PLACED ON THE LEFT TANK, WHICH HAD APPROXIMATELY 8 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING.  HE ADDED THAT IT WAS LIKELY THAT THE SLIP INITIATED DURING THE APPROACH CAUSED THE REAMINING FUEL IN THE TANK TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE TANK OUTLET, RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION.

## Other reports on N3132N (1)

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

- [Incident 20030226001749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030226001749I), Feb 26, 2003: Cessna 120 (N3132N), Kent, WA, Minor damage. (-23) Curtis langholz stated that he had been flying with a passenger and had landed at Crest park airport to deplane the passenger. After the passenger had…

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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