- Date
- June 8, 1979
- Place
- Lagrange, GA · LAGRANGE, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1845NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790608018059A
- Case key
- 135356
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2070 79/6/8 NR.LAGRANGE,GA CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 608 TIME - 1745 N1845N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 375 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT LAGRANGE,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- NOSE COWLING HOOD LATCHES EXCESSIVELY WORN,HOOD OPENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1845N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.