# Incident 20080603839259I: Cessna 120, June 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 2008, 19:50 local time
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N72338, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N72338) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,036 total, 56 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080603839259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 3, 2008 AT ABOUT 1950 EST, PILOT TOOK OFF FROM GA80 (WHISPERING PINES AIRPORT) IN CONYERS GA WITH ONE PASSENGER FOR A LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT.  ABOUT 2 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, ABOUT 1 NM NORTHEAST OF GA80 AT ABOUT 2000' MSL, ENGINE RAN ROUGH, WITH INSUFFICIENT RPM TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE.  PILOT ADVISED HE RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND ELECTED TO LAND IN A FIELD.  HE ADVISED HE SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN TO MINIMIZE DAMAGE.  AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARBED-WIRE FENCE ON ROLL-OUT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, COWLING, LANDING GEAR STRUTS, AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE PILOT OR TO THE PASSENGER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, HIS WIFE.  WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VMC AND NOT A FACTOR.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

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