# Accident 20050505007919A: Cessna 120, Elk River, ID, May 5, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2005, 08:00 local time
- Place: Elk River, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7897° N, 116.1703° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7897&lon=-116.1703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77377, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77377-2013-06-24) (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
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 210 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050505007919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ DEPARTED LEWISTON IDAHO AT 7:04 A.M. ENROUTE TO ELK RIVER IDAHO. UPON TOUCH DOWN AT ELK RIVER HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF HIS CESSNA 120, N77377 S/N 11818 AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT OBTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, AILERON AND PROPELLER.

## 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 SEA05LA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA094), May 5, 2005: Cessna 120 (N77377), Elk River, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. An inadvertent ground loop was a factor.

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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