# NTSB CHI68F0239: Cessna 120, N72119, Pekin, IL, September 6, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 6, 1967
- Place: Pekin, IL · PEKIN, IL
- Location: 40.5688° N, 89.6251° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pekin, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5688&lon=-89.6251&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68F0239
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68F0239

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4749   67/9/6    PEKIN,ILL           CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1720                    N72119              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 42, 546 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            230 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PEKIN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
        REMARKS- LT GR FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE FAILURE AT BOLT HOLE HOLDING STEP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N72119 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pekin

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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