# NTSB IAD75AI030: Cessna 120, N76173, Black Mountain, NC, September 3, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1965
- Place: Black Mountain, NC · BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC
- Location: 35.6147° N, 82.3255° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Black Mountain, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6147&lon=-82.3255&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 26, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175912
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD75AI030
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75AI030

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-1115   65/9/3  NR.BLACK MOUNTAIN,NC  CESSNA 120          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, UNK/NR
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N76173              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KNOXVILLE,TENN              CHARLOTTE,NC
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RCVRD 11/29/74.STRUCK MTN AT APRX 3800FT MSL IN WINGS LVL ATTITUDE.PHASE OF FLT UNKNOWN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76173](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76173-2008-06-23), registration cancelled 2008-06-23, S/N 10570, 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: 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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