# NTSB SEA75AS024: Cessna 120, Wasco, OR, December 19, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Date: December 19, 1974
- Place: Wasco, OR · WASCO, OR
- Location: 45.5917° N, 120.6975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wasco, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: DirectorBrief, January 21, 1975
- NTSB case key (mKey): 142993
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA75AS024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA75AS024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3818  74/12/19 NR.WASCO,OREG         CESSNA 120          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 24, 22 TOTAL
        TIME - 1230                    N2124V              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         WASCO,OREG                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC.
           PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT
        REMARKS- PLT OWNED ACFT.CRASHED DRG RECOVERY FROM ACROBATIC MANEUVER.
```

## Sequence of events

- Maneuvering-aerobatics

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2124V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2124V-1975-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: Cessna 120 (registry code 2071402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- FAA reports: 19741219043519A (https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741219043519A) (OpenAirDocs)

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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