# NTSB SEA66D0117: Cessna 120, N77000, Whitefish, MT, August 15, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1965
- Place: Whitefish, MT · WHITEFISH, MT
- Location: 48.4373° N, 114.3468° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitefish, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4373&lon=-114.3468&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 19, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176711
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66D0117
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0117

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2551  65/8/15    WHITEFISH MONT      CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 38, 58 TOTAL
        TIME - 1020                    N77000              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITEFISH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N77000](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77000-1970-12-30), registration cancelled 1970-12-30, S/N 11446, built 1946 (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: Whitefish

## Other investigations on N77000 (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA68D0244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0244), Jan 20, 1968: Cessna 120 (N77000), Sandpoint, ID, substantial damage

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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