# Incident 20030226001749I: Cessna 120, Kent, WA, February 26, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2003, 17:15 local time
- Place: Kent, WA
- Airport: Crest Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3809° N, 122.2348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kent, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3809&lon=-122.2348&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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 226 total, 226 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030226001749I

## Narrative

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

(-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 DEPLANED, MR. LANGHOLZ TAXIED BACK TO RUNWAY 15 FOR TAKEOFF. A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF WAS PLANNED. ON TAKING THE ACTIVE RUNWAY (15) MR. LANGHOLZ STATED THAT HE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND APPLIED POWER AND WITH THE ELEVATOR, LIFTED THE TAIL OFF THE TARMAC. AS THE TAIL FO THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO RISE UP, MR. LANGHOLZ REALIZED THAT THE PROPELLER WAS GOING TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED THE THROTTLE TO IDLE. WHEN THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A THREE POINT REST ON A PROPELLER BLADE AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. TWO BYSTANDERS ASSISTED BY LOWERING THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE TARMAC.

## Other reports on N3132N (1)

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

- [Incident 20000904024249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000904024249I), Sep 4, 2000: Cessna 120 (N3132N), Auburn, WA, Minor damage. (-23)[privacy data omitted] was administering a flight review to aircraft owner [privacy data omitted] , who did not meet the PIC requirements of 14 CFR part…

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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