# NTSB investigations: Cessna 120, 1982

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 ATL82DA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA277.md): Cessna 120 · Hawkinsville, GA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Sep 16, 1982 · N2103V · Substantial damage
  > The aircraft nosed over while landing in a peanut field. The pilot reported that the terrain was softer than he realized, and when he applied brake pressure, the plane nosed over. He believed the accident would not have occurred it brakes had not been applied.
- [NTSB CHI82DA319](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA319.md): Cessna 120 · St. Paul, MN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Aug 22, 1982 · N76778 · Substantial damage
  > Pilot did not stow starter crank properly. During a landing the aircraft touched down almost sideways, went down on a wingtip and up on its nose. The starter crank was found jammed in the rudder controls.
- [NTSB CHI82DA273](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA273.md): Cessna 120 · Niles, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 26, 1982 · N2902N · Substantial damage
  > The student was on his second solo flight in evening hours. Reportedly, after he had completed 4 landings, dusk was approaching and the instructor told him to make only 2 more landings. When the student was about ready to takeoff on his 6th pattern, a king…
- [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…
- [NTSB LAX82DA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA107.md): Cessna 120 · San Andreas, CA · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Mar 13, 1982 · N1746N · Destroyed
  > During a three point landing the aircraft started to ground loop. The pilot used rudder and power to recover but the aircraft ran off the side of the runway and struck a tree.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1982
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071402'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071402&year=1982

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.