# NTSB FTW70F0218: Cessna 120, N76642, Greenville, TX, September 15, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 15, 1969
- Place: Greenville, TX · GREENVILLE, TX
- Location: 33.1384° N, 96.1108° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1384&lon=-96.1108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 7, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 157100
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW70F0218
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW70F0218

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3990  69/9/15    GREENVILLE,TEX      CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 1381
        TIME - 1900                    N76642              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 117 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          RUSKIN,LA                   SMITHFIELD,TEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- BROTHER IN ANOTHER ACFT FORCE LANDED. PLT TRIED TO LAND,TOO DARK. STRUCK TELEPHONE POLE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76642](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76642-1970-12-07), registration cancelled 1970-12-07, S/N 11082 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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