- Date
- May 31, 1986, 09:45 local (13:45 UTC)
- Place
- Magnolia, KY
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N76730Cessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860531020169A
- Case key
- 7116
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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 plt was using the acft to drop a tool to a mechanic friend and was flying at low alt toward rising terrain to verify the location where the tool fell. Witnesses said that when the plt exited the acft after the accident he stated he was too low, too slow, and the eng 'stalled'. Photos of the instrument panel show the throttle fully retarded and bent down 90 degrees. Photos of the acft indicate little forward velocity and evidence of a near vertical impact. The plt reported that he could not remember details and there was no mechanical failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76730
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11162
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Phillip B. Johnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1985 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- I98 · Elizabethtown, KY
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 191 total · 130 in this make and model · 162 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FTK, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.