# NTSB ATL82DA277: Cessna 120, N2103V, Hawkinsville, GA, September 16, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: September 16, 1982, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place: Hawkinsville, GA
- Location: 32.3012° N, 83.4789° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hawkinsville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3012&lon=-83.4789&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 16, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70982
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA277
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70982/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA277

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2103V), registered now, S/N 14728, built 1948 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14728
- Airframe hours: 4453
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820916047189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820916047189A), Sep 16, 1982: Cessna 120, Hawkinsville, GA, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted landing in peanut field. Aircraft flipped over in soft field.

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.

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