# NTSB CHI89LA178: Cessna 120, N2101V, Brooklyn, MI, August 31, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 31, 1989, 15:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Brooklyn, MI
- Coordinates: 42.09975, -84.240432 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0998&lon=-84.2404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report July 9, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14411
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14411/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA178

## Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO SEE-AND-AVOID POWER LINES IN HIS FLIGHT PATH DURING A GO-AROUND.  THE POWER LINES AND HIS LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE AIRPORT WERE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, go-around (vfr)
  - go-around - initiated
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT RPRTD HE FLEW THE ACFT TO BROOKLYN, MI, ON A PERSONAL FLT. HE STATED THAT DRG THE LANDING, THE WIND DISPLACED THE ACFT 'OFF COURSE A LITTLE,' SO HE MADE A GO-AROUND. DRG THE GO-AROUND, THE ACFT STRUCK A WIRE WHICH THE PLT DID NOT SEE. THE ACFT THEN CRASHED & WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DEMOLISHED BY FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2101V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2101V-1990-07-16), registration cancelled 1990-07-16, S/N 14326 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14326
- Engines: CONTINENTAL C-85-12 85 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: William J. Lammon
- Departed: MICHIGAN CENTER, MI
- Airport: Kline Aviation, runway 27, 1,200 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 97 total, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: -0 °F, dew point -0 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19890831033359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890831033359A), Aug 31, 1989: Cessna 120, Brooklyn, MI, Destroyed. Began go around from Private strip, drifted off runway alignment and struck unseen powerlines. Crashed and burned.

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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