- Date
- August 22, 1982, 17:19 local (22:19 UTC)
- Place
- St. Paul, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76778Cessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820822040209A
- Case key
- 72706
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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
Pilot did not stow starter crank properly. During a landing the aircraft touched down almost sideways, went down on a wingtip and up on its nose. The starter crank was found jammed in the rudder controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76778
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1121
- Airframe hours
- 1,822
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward B. Thompson
- Registered owner
- Edward B. Thompson
- Departed
- C · Blakesburg, IA
- Destination
- C · St. Paul, MN
- Airport
- STP · St. Paul Downtown, runway 3, 5,401 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 335 in this make and model · 25 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 172 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N76778 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.