# Accident 20120608012999A: Cessna 120, Wellington, NV, June 8, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2012, 10:15 local time
- Place: Wellington, NV
- Airport: Farias Wheel
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8333° N, 119.3956° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8333&lon=-119.3956&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1875N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1875N-2013-06-07) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 203 total, 18 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120608012999A

## Narrative

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

UPON TOUCHDOWN RUNWAY 16 PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND VEERED TO THE LEFT THEN DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED THEN RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE RIGHT WING AND PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 WPR12LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA262), Jun 8, 2012: Cessna 120 (N1875N), Smith Valley, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear strut due to corrosion-induced fatigue, which resulted in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N1875N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19740923033409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740923033409A), Sep 23, 1974: Cessna 120 (N1875N), Dawson, GA, Substantial damage. Wind gusting 12K. No FAA record of plt cert.

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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