# NTSB SEA72DYC36: Cessna 120, N76892, The Dalles, TX, April 23, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 23, 1972
- Place: The Dalles, TX · THE DALLES, TX
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 13, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166041
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA72DYC36
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72DYC36

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1777  72/4/23    THE DALLES,TEX      CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 195
        TIME - 1330                    N76892              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          THE DALLES,TEX              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        REMARKS- DRIFTED INTO DITCH,LDG IN WHEAT FLD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N76892](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76892-2012-10-22), registration cancelled 2012-10-22, S/N 11326, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N76892 (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 SEA66D0269](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66D0269), May 10, 1966: Cessna 120 (N76892), Boise, 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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