- Date
- March 13, 1982, 12:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Andreas, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1746NCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820313032079A
- Case key
- 72471
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a three point landing the aircraft started to ground loop. The pilot used rudder and power to recover but the aircraft ran off the side of the runway and struck a tree.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1746N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11990
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles Anger
- Registered owner
- Charles Anger
- Departed
- 022 · Sacramento, CA
- Destination
- SAC · Columbia, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 034 · Caleveras County, runway 13, 4,000 × 50 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 146 total · 16 in this make and model · 94 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 118 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1746N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.