- Date
- September 16, 1989, 07:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1844NCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890916035349A
- Case key
- 14417
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain proper alignment during the landing roll.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Terrain condition - crop
Proper alignment - not maintainedCause
Main gear collapsed
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1844N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12088
- Airframe hours
- 3,057
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William R. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 17, 1988 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- 35M · Shelbyville, IN
- Destination
- II97 · Shelbyville, IN
- Airport
- II97 · Solenberg, runway 35, 2,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 934 total · 72 in this make and model · 830 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IND, 35 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.