- Date
- January 21, 1981
- Place
- Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77320Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810121000939A
- Case key
- 127246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0120 81/1/21 ERIE,CO CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N77320 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 2470 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 51 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI-COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ERIE,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - FAILURE TO RELINQUISH CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES REMARKS- L TAILWHEEL/RUDDER SPRING DETACHED AT TAILWHEEL END,R SPRING DETACHED AT RUDDER END.NEW BRAKES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77320
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri-County
N77320Registration cancelled Oct 17, 2018 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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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.