- Date
- August 26, 1976
- Place
- Block Island, RI · BLOCK ISLAND, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1808NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760826031299A
- Case key
- 155704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3195 76/8/26 BLOCK ISLAND,RI CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 450 TIME - 1145 N1808N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BLOCK ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTHBRIDGE,MA BLOCK ISLAND,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1808N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Block Island
N1808NRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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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.