# NTSB FTW73DPG20: Cessna 120, N89729, Lakeview, AR, September 17, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 17, 1972
- Place: Lakeview, AR · LAKEVIEW, AR
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168232
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW73DPG20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73DPG20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3710  72/9/17    LAKEVIEW,ARK        CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1735                    N89729              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 32, 1380 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            166 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOUNTAIN HOME,ARK           LAKEVIEW,ARK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N89729](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89729-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N 8778, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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