# Accident 20040717018409A: Cessna 120, Anchorage, AK, July 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2004, 21:30 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 55.9196° N, 159.4899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.9196&lon=-159.4899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1847N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1847N) (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: 230 total, 160 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC04LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040717018409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND LANDED ON AN OFF AIRPORT ABANDONED RUNWAY. AS THE AIRCRAFT DECELERATED AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED SOFT GRAVEL CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE PULLED OFF THE ROADWAY INTO THE DITCH INTO SOME WILLOWS AND GOING UPSIDE DOWN CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE RIGHT WING AND THE AFT RIGHT REAR LIFT STRUT.

## 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 ANC04LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC04LA081), Jul 18, 2004: Cessna 120 (N1847N), Beluga, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll, which resulted in airplane departing the landing surface into a ditch, and subsequently nosing over in…

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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