- Date
- September 16, 1982, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hawkinsville, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2103VCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820916047189A
- Case key
- 70982
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2103V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14728
- Airframe hours
- 4,453
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lock Wood Whigam, III
- Registered owner
- Lock Wood Whigam, III
- Departed
- Hawkinsville, GA
- Destination
- Hawkinsville, GA
- Airport
- runway 9, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 152 total · 87 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.