- Date
- June 19, 1973
- Place
- Dewitt, MI · DEWITT, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3118NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730619021219A
- Case key
- 190054
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2019 73/6/19 DEWITT,MICH CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 56, TIME - 1300 N3118N PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 1722 TOTAL HOURS, 54 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LERGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION E LANSING,MICH DEWITT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 25000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 81 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 200 14 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTING 20K.PLT RPTD LDG GR CAUGHT IN THE SOIL AND WIND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3118N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lerge
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.