- Date
- December 1, 1970
- Place
- Whitewater, MT · WHITEWATER, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N77416Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report September 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4313 70/12/1 WHITEWATER,MONT CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 41 TOTAL TIME - 1530 N77416 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUNBAR RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITEWATER,MONT WHITEWATER,MONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77416
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dunbar Ranch
N77416Registration cancelled Jan 17, 2012 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.