# Accident 20151017017529A: Cessna 120, Mckinney, TX, October 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 2015, 10:36 local time
- Place: Mckinney, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1769° N, 96.5889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1769&lon=-96.5889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2099V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2099V-2018-05-30) (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: 120 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151017017529A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING SEQUENCE THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED, THE PILOT APPLIED HARD RIGHT RUDDER/BRAKE, AND SOME RIGHT AILERON. THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## 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 GAA16CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA024), Oct 17, 2015: Cessna 120 (N2099V), McKinney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's use of excessive brake input during the recovery from the ground loop, which resulted in a nose over.

## Other reports on N2099V (3)

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

- [Incident 20150425009879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150425009879I), Apr 25, 2015: Cessna 120 (N2099V), Mckinney, TX, Minor damage. On 04/25/2015 at approximately 1606:50Z a conventional gear aircraft, N2099V, groundlooped in a landing rollout at Mckinney national airport (ktki). There were…
- [Accident 19760215003459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760215003459A), Feb 15, 1976: Cessna 120 (N2099V), Big Rapids, MI, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19730810026519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730810026519A), Aug 10, 1973: Cessna 120 (N2099V), House Springs, MO, Substantial damage. Plt rptd braking poor due wet sod rwy. Had lnd about halfway down rwy.

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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