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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 120 · Los Lunas, NM · March 26, 2017

Date: March 26, 2017 · 16:00 local
Place: Los Lunas, NM
Phase of flight: Taxi
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N89978
Reported as: Cessna 120
Reported engine: Continental C85 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,743 total3,600 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days

N89978Registered now · Cessna 120S/N 9030 · Built 1946 Airframe modelCessna 120 Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On March 26, 2017, at 1600 MST, a Cessna 120, N89978, registered to privacy data omitted after landing, the aircraft nosed over striking the propeller on the taxi way after exiting the runway. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and a VFR flight plan was not filed. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated at mid valley airport (E98) for a local personal flight.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 26, 2017, AT 1600 MST, A CESSNA 120, N89978, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE TAXI WAY AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT MID VALLEY AIRPORT (E98) FOR A LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT.