# Accident 20191023021669A: Cessna 120, Marion, AL, October 23, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2019, 12:00 local time
- Place: Marion, AL
- Airport: Vaiden Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5106° N, 87.3847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5106&lon=-87.3847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77200, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77200-2021-07-12) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 54 total, 1 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA20CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191023021669A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING, PILOT APPLIED THE BRAKES TO AVOID HITTING A DEER ON THE RUNWAY.  UPON HARD APPLICATION OF THE BRAKES, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER FORWARD, COMING TO REST INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY.  NO INJURIES.

## 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 GAA20CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA095), Oct 23, 2019: Cessna 120 (N77200), Marion, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's overapplication of the brakes during landing to avoid a deer on the runway, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N77200 (1)

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

- [Incident 19960210003619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960210003619I), Feb 10, 1996: Cessna 120 (N77200), Norwood, MA, Minor damage. Narrative: N77200, CE-120 piloted by joseph b. thornton departed pym enroute owd approximately 3 miles south of Norwood. CE-120 was cleared to land by owd…

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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