# NTSB MIA68A0093: Cessna 120, N77168, Princeton, FL, May 4, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 4, 1968
- Place: Princeton, FL · PRINCETON, FL
- Location: 25.5403° N, 80.3985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Princeton, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.5403&lon=-80.3985&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 8, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110563
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0093
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0093

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3189   68/5/4    PRINCETON,FLA       CESSNA 120          CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1107                    N77168              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 32, 3341 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N77168](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77168-1968-06-19), registration cancelled 1968-06-19, S/N 11630 (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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