# NTSB MKC71DCD22: Cessna 120, N76806, Gravity, IA, May 3, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 3, 1970
- Place: Gravity, IA · GRAVITY, IA
- Location: 40.7639° N, 94.7432° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gravity, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7639&lon=-94.7432&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 18, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 128080
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC71DCD22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC71DCD22

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1967   70/5/3    GRAVITY,IOWA        CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 165
        TIME - 0540                    N76806              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 110 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GRAVITY,IOWA                RED OAK,IOWA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAKEOFF: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- FARM FLD,DRG TKOF BOUNCED ACFT IN ATTEMPT TO CLR FENCE.TAIL HIT FENCE,CONT FLT LNDD BEDFORD,IOWA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76806](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N76806), registered now, S/N 11238, 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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