- Date
- June 11, 1978
- Place
- Abilene, KS · ABILENE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1959VCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report September 8, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780611024269A
- Case key
- 140598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1976 78/6/11 ABILENE,KS CESSNA 120 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 18, 244 TIME - 1940 N1959V PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABILENE,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1959V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.