- Date
- December 25, 1974
- Place
- Kodiak, AK · KODIAK, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N77429Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741225043279A
- Case key
- 144875
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4202 74/12/25 NR.KODIAK,ALAS CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 576 TIME - 1330 N77429 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KODIAK,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - ICY FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - TOUCH AND GO LANDING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- WATER & RUST IN FUEL.ACFT PREV REFUELED FROM DRUM.PLT LND ON FROZEN GRASS FLD,SLID INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77429
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N77429Registration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.