- Date
- March 4, 1980
- Place
- Lititz, PA · LITITZ, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1885NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800304005199A
- Case key
- 131741
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0244 80/3/4 LITITZ,PA CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 143 TIME - 0800 N1885N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,PA LITITZ,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - RAN OFF END OF RUNWAY REMARKS- RUNWAY SURFACE COVERED WITH FROST. A/C NOSED OVER AFTER L/MG HIT RUT IN FARM FIELD ON OVERRUN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1885N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.