# NTSB SEA65F0058: Cessna 120, N2478V, Great Fall, MT, April 4, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 4, 1965
- Place: Great Fall, MT · GREAT FALL, MT
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 178801
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA65F0058
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA65F0058

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0880   65/4/4    GREAT FALLS MONT    CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 20, 75 TOTAL
        TIME - 1655                    N2478V              PX-  0  0  1  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GREAT FALLS INT.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT STRUCK BARRIERS AROUND WIND TEE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2478V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2478V-1971-09-29), registration cancelled 1971-09-29, S/N 14666 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Great Falls Int.

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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