# Incident 20100220027759I: Cessna 120, Newport, VT, February 20, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 20, 2010, 14:10 local time
- Place: Newport, VT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9369° N, 72.2112° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newport, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9369&lon=-72.2112&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4181N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4181N) (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 MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 600 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100220027759I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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