- Date
- February 28, 1976
- Place
- Alamogordo, NM · ALAMOGORDO, NM
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N77243Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760228003569A
- Case key
- 153238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0426 76/2/28 ALAMOGORDO,NM CESSNA 120 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 275 TIME - 1930 N77243 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALAMOGORDO MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP ALAMOGORDO,NM LOCAL SAFFORD,AZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT AT CNTRLS OWNER OF ACFT,NO MEDICAL CERT.PLT IN COMMAND WITH CURRENT MEDICAL TO MAKE FLT LEGAL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77243
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Alamogordo Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.