# NTSB investigations: Cessna 120: In flight collision with object

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB SEA01LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01LA138.md): Cessna 120 · Troutdale, OR · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 21, 2001 · N90077 · Destroyed
  > the pilot's inadvertent visual flight rules ( VFR) flight into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) during cruise flight. Factors include his attention being diverted to the indications presented by his Global Positioning System (GPS), and low ceiling…
- [NTSB BFO94LA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA039.md): Cessna 120 · Chittenango, NY · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 12, 1994 · N1626V · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's inadequate planning/decision to take off with the presence of a tailwind.
- [NTSB NYC91FA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC91FA095.md): Cessna 120 · Simsbury, CT · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Mar 21, 1991 · N4117N · Destroyed
  > The pilot's intentional flight into terrain. Contributing to the accident were psychological conditions.
- [NTSB CHI89LA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA178.md): Cessna 120 · Brooklyn, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 31, 1989 · N2101V · Destroyed
  > Failure of the pilot to see-and-avoid power lines in his flight path during a go-around. The power lines and his lack of familiarity with the airport were contributing factors.
- [NTSB FTW88FA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88FA057.md): Cessna 120 · Ada, OK · Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Feb 10, 1988 · N2431N · Destroyed
  > The pilot was flying low up the river and hit the upper strand of a two strand high voltage power line. Both the pilot and passenger received serious injuries when the airplane crashed on a sand-bar in the river.
- [NTSB ATL86FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86FA178.md): Cessna 120 · Marlton, NJ · Accident · 2 fatal · Field investigation · Final report · Jun 21, 1986 · N89789 · Destroyed
  > About 10 min after takeoff, the acft collided with trees & crashed while the plts were performing aerobatic maneuvers. According to witnesses, aerobatics were being performed at an about 500 ft AGL. They rprtd that the plts had made an overhead maneuver…
- [NTSB MKC82DA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA105.md): Cessna 120 · Gardner, KS · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jun 17, 1982 · N1993V · Substantial damage
  > During takeoff, the aircraft struck a fence near the departure end of the runway. After hitting the fence, it traveled about 37 yards before nosing over in an adjacent wheat field. The field was soft due to recent rains. The pilot said the 1300 ft runway was…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071402')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 220))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071402&occurrence=220

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