# NTSB CHI66D0557: Cessna 120, N72783, Wooster, OH, February 3, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 3, 1966
- Place: Wooster, OH · WOOSTER, OH
- Location: 40.8191° N, 81.9316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wooster, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8191&lon=-81.9316&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 15, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173752
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66D0557
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66D0557

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0179   66/2/3    WOOSTER OHIO        CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 32, 123
        TIME - 1410                    N72783              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 96 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - VARNS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N72783](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72783-2015-05-11), registration cancelled 2015-05-11, S/N 9966, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Varns

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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