# Accident 20110912020159A: Cessna 120, Camden, AR, September 12, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2011, 11:00 local time
- Place: Camden, AR
- Airport: Harrell Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6228° N, 92.7633° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6228&lon=-92.7633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89954, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89954) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 20 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA644](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA644) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110912020159A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2011, AT 1100 CDT, CESSNA CE-120, N89954, FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHILE THE INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING "HIGH SPEED" TAXI CHARACTERISTICS AT THE CAMDEN, ARKANSAS AIRPORT (KCDH).  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR FELT THAT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO EXHIBIT YAW INSTABILITY SO HE APPLIED TOO MUCH BRAKING AUTHORITY AND THE AIRCRAFT ROTATED AROUND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR ONTO ITS BACK.  THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KCDH AND TERMINATED AT KCDH AT 1100 CDT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

## 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 CEN11CA644](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA644), Sep 12, 2011: Cessna 120 (N89954), Camden, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadvertent braking during taxi.

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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