# NTSB SEA71FWD07: Cessna 120, Port Orchard, WA, August 5, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 5, 1970
- Place: Port Orchard, WA · PORT ORCHARD, WA
- Location: 47.5373° N, 122.6331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Orchard, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5373&lon=-122.6331&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 4, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108406
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA71FWD07
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA71FWD07

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0009   70/8/5    PORT ORCHARD,WASH   CESSNA 120          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE
        TIME - 1810                    CF-ELH              PX-  0  1  0  BUSINESS                  32, 1955 TOTAL HOURS, 150
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT ORCHARD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          VICTORIA,CAN                BREMERTON,WASH               PORT ORCHARD,WASH
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE,NONE
        PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
        REMARKS- LOST OIL PRESS,UNDET REASON.RET TO FLD. OVERSHOT RWY,HIT TREE IN STEEP BANK TO RET TO RWY HEADING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: CF-ELH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Port Orchard

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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