# Accident 20050806015959A: Cessna 120, Chiloguin, OR, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005, 17:08 local time
- Place: Chiloguin, OR
- Airport: Chiloguin State Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5793° N, 121.8798° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5793&lon=-121.8798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N627DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N627DM-2015-05-11) (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: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 835 total, 660 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA05LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA165) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806015959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DID NOT FILE A FAA FLIGHT PLAN, IT IS UNKNOWN IF HE RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING. TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT WAS 96F, WIND FROM THE NORTH-NORTHWEST AT 9 KNOTS. FIELD ELEVATION WS 4517 FEET. DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE TIME WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROXIMATELY 7200 FEET. THE OBSTRUCTING TERRAIN TO THE NORTH OF THE AIRPORT MANDATED A SOUTH DEPARTURE. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE TAKEOFF ROLL, BUT AT SOME POINT AFTERWARDS THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE FLYING 20 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY. AT THE SOUTH END OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP INTO A CLIMB ATTITUDE AND CONTINUED PITCHING UP UNTIL IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY HEIGHT, WHEN IT PITCHED UP FURTHER AND TO THE LEFT, ENTERING A SPIN. POWER WAS RETARDED BY THE PILOT AFTER SPIN ENTRY, FULL RIGHT AILERON AND RIGHT RUDDER WERE APPLIED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP LOW AND THE FUSELAGE NEARLY VERTICAL. IT BOUNCED ONCE AND CAME TO REST. THE PILOT HAD A CURRENT "FLIGHT GUIDE" FOR AIRPORT DATA, HIS SECTIONAL CHART WAS ONE YEAR OLD, HE HAD A CURRENT AVIATION MEDICAL AND HAD A REGULATORY FLIGHT REVIEW ONE WEEK EARLIER. INITIAL AUTOPSY REVEALED NO MEDICAL DISCREPANCIES. REPORT WILL BE AMENDED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WARRANTS.

## 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 SEA05LA165](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA165), Aug 7, 2005: Cessna 120 (N627DM), Chiloquin, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and a loss of control during a pull-up maneuver. A factor contributing to the accident was the inadvertent stall/spin, which resulted in the subsequent…

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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