# Accident 20060715025709A: Cessna 120, Dallas, TX, July 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2006, 14:30 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Airpark East Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8139° N, 96.3519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8139&lon=-96.3519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2591N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2591N-2020-10-03) (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: 253 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA185) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060715025709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) TAXIED ONTO RUNWAY 13 IN PREPARATION FOR TAKEOFF. PERFORMED ALL PREFLIGHT RUNUP CHECKS. TEMP ABOUT 90, WIND SSW @ ABOUT 7-9 MPH, NO CLOUDS, CLEAR. ADVANCED THROTTLE FOR TAKEOFF. AT ABOUT 35 MPH LIFTED THE TAIL BY PUSHING THE STICK FWD. THE PLANE LURCHED TO THE LEFT EVEN WITH R/H RUDDER APPLIED. THE PLANE WENT ON GRASS TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. IMMEDIATELY CUT THE THROTTLE. BECAME AWARE OF A DRAINAGE DITCH AHEAD SO PULLED BACK ON THE YOKE IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP TAIL DOWN. APPROX SPEED 20-25 MPH. THE FRONT WHEELS BOUNCED TRAVERSING 1ST TRENCH. THE TAIL WHEEL HIT THE TRANCH AND TAIL FLIPPED UP AND THE PLANE WENT OVER ON ITS BACK.

## 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 DFW06CA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA185), Jul 15, 2006: Cessna 120 (N2591N), Rockwall, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for existing wind conditions. A contributing factor was the prevailing crosswind.

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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