- Date
- November 30, 1975
- Place
- Morgan Hill, CA · MORGAN HILL, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76396Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751130038399A
- Case key
- 151757
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3657 75/11/30 MORGAN HILL,CA CESSNA 120 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 70, UNK/NR TIME - 1600 N76396 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORGAN HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORGAN HILL,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PILOT PERFORMED MAINTENANCE ON STRUTS.FAILED TO ASSURE LOWER RT STRUT BOLT IN PLACE-WING SEPARATED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76396
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Morgan Hill
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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.