# Accident 20250824012559A: Cessna 120, Taylor, AZ, August 24, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2025, 07:11 local time
- Place: Taylor, AZ
- Airport: Taylor
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4673° N, 110.0644° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4673&lon=-110.0644&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3151N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3151N) (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 0-200 A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 116 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA265) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250824012559A

## Narrative

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

ON 08/24/2025, A CESSNA 120 MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES FROM TAYLOR AIRPORT. THE FAA BECAME AWARE OF THIS ON 08/25/2025. DURING PREFLIGHT, THE PILOT CONFIRMED THE FUEL AMOUNT USING A FUEL STICK. BASED ON PREFLIGHT PLANNING, THEY ESTIMATED 1.5 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME WITH REQUIRED FUEL RESERVES. WHILE APPROACHING THE AIRPORT AFTER AN HOUR AND TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES OF FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND EXECUTED AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE TWO OCCUPANTS. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT CHECKED THE FUEL AND FOUND NO FUEL INDICATED ON THE FUEL MEASURING STICK. THE FLIGHT WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTING FROM TAYLOR AIRPORT TO SIGHTSEE AND RETURN TO TAYLOR AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR25LA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA265), Aug 24, 2025: Cessna 120 (N3151N), Taylor, AZ, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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