# NTSB OAK70DVG08: Cessna 120, N4217N, Franklin, CA, April 8, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 8, 1970
- Place: Franklin, CA · FRANKLIN, CA
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 13, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129610
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70DVG08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70DVG08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1821   70/4/8    FRANKLIN,CALIF      CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 46, 43 TOTAL
        TIME - 0900                    N4217N              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKLIN FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SACRAMENTO,CALIF            FRANKLIN,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF
        REMARKS- L TIRE BLOWN,GR DMGD DURG LDG.ADDL DMG DRG GND-LOOP.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4217N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4217N-2012-06-12), registration cancelled 2012-06-12, S/N 13688, built 1947 (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
- Airport: Franklin Field

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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