- Date
- January 20, 1975
- Place
- Moses Lake, WA · MOSES LAKE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2980NCessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750120001049A
- Case key
- 147920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0329 75/1/20 MOSES LAKE,WA CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1410 N2980N PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 20, 331 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 141 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOSES LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOSES LAKE,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- SAND GRAIN FOUND IN HIGH SPEED JET. DEEP DITCH APCH END RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2980N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Moses Lake
N2980NRegistration cancelled Jul 29, 2023 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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