# Accident 20100829042439A: Cessna 120, Rockland, ME, August 29, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2010, 14:25 local time
- Place: Rockland, ME
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0600° N, 69.0992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0600&lon=-69.0992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2493N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2493N-2011-03-07) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 36 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA453) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100829042439A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 31 FROM ROCKLAND FOR A VFR LOCAL FLIGHT. ON TAKE OFF PIC NOTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO NOT BE MAKING POWER. HE STATED THE THROTTLE WAS ALL THE WAY IN AND THE CARBURAETOR HEAT WAS OFF. THE AIRCRAFT MADE IT TO AN APROXIMATE ALTITUDE OF 50 FT. THE PIC STATED HE STARTED TO MAKE A LEFT TUN AND HIT SOME TREES WITH THE LEFT WING AND IMPACTED THE GROUND APROX. 700 YDS. SOUTHWEST OF THE THE END OF RUNWAY 31. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED FROM A POST IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 ERA10LA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA453), Aug 29, 2010: Cessna 120 (N2493N), Rockland, ME, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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