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FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Newport, VT · February 20, 2010

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Date
February 20, 2010 · 14:10 local
Place
Newport, VT
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4181N
Reported as
Cessna 120
Reported engine
Continental C85 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total600 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days
N4181NRegistered now · Cessna 120S/N 13652 · Built 1947Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On 2-20-2010, pilot departed in N4181N from the lyndonville VT caledonia county airport (cda), en route VFR to the Newport VT state airport (efk), pilot then departed Newport airport and landed on lake memphremagog, the lake is also in the town of Newport. Pilot met friends that were on the lake and had a "picnic". At approximately 1400 hrs pilot was taxing on the lake and looking for an open clear area to depart, while taxing the front wheels struck a snow berm and the aircraft nosed over and landed on the top surface of the aircraft. Pilot stated that there was a tail wind that assisted the aircraft in going over, pilot state that the aircraft went over on its' back in a gentle slow motion type of action. The propeller is bend, the cowling is damaged and the top part of the vertical stabilizer has been crushed. There is a wrinkle on the right wing at the point of where the strut attached to the wing, the wing damage probably occurred when the aircraft was flipped back onto the wheels, it appears that when the aircraft was uprighted on to the wheels the aircraft may have pivoted on the right wing.

As the FAA filed it

ON 2-20-2010, PILOT DEPARTED IN N4181N FROM THE LYNDONVILLE VT CALEDONIA COUNTY AIRPORT (CDA), EN ROUTE VFR TO THE NEWPORT VT STATE AIRPORT (EFK), PILOT THEN DEPARTED NEWPORT AIRPORT AND LANDED ON LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG, THE LAKE IS ALSO IN THE TOWN OF NEWPORT. PILOT MET FRIENDS THAT WERE ON THE LAKE AND HAD A "PICNIC". AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HRS PILOT WAS TAXING ON THE LAKE AND LOOKING FOR AN OPEN CLEAR AREA TO DEPART, WHILE TAXING THE FRONT WHEELS STRUCK A SNOW BERM AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND LANDED ON THE TOP SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS A TAIL WIND THAT ASSISTED THE AIRCRAFT IN GOING OVER, PILOT STATE THAT THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER ON ITS' BACK IN A GENTLE SLOW MOTION TYPE OF ACTION. THE PROPELLER IS BEND, THE COWLING IS DAMAGED AND THE TOP PART OF THE VERTICAL STABILIZER HAS BEEN CRUSHED. THERE IS A WRINKLE ON THE RIGHT WING AT THE POINT OF WHERE THE STRUT ATTACHED TO THE WING, THE WING DAMAGE PROBABLY OCCURRED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLIPPED BACK ONTO THE WHEELS, IT APPEARS THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS UPRIGHTED ON TO THE WHEELS THE AIRCRAFT MAY HAVE PIVOTED ON THE RIGHT WING.