- Date
- February 16, 1993, 08:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Battleground, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2100VCessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930216002559A
- Case key
- 42989
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
Probable cause
The pilot in command's allowing the aircraft to enter a stall/spin condition. Factors contributing to the accident were a tailwind, power lines and trees.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot attempted to land to the west on a 1300 foot turf airstrip. The west edge of the airstrip terminated in power lines and trees estimated to be 80 feet tall. A single wheel track was observed beginning 405 feet from the west edge of the strip and progressing 45 feet. A witness stated that he 'saw the plane go up and over the trees' and then the aircraft 'went straight up and stalled' after which it 'rolled over a complete 180 degree turn and landed on its nose.' The witness reported strong winds at the time of the accident and surface wind observations at portland international airport 13 nautical miles southeast were from 090 degrees in the teens with gusts in the 30'S.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2100V
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14235
- Airframe hours
- 2,692
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wills, Charles R., doing business as Classic Locators & Rebuild
- Registered owner
- Wills, Charles R.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 29, 1992 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 0S6 · Orchards, WA
- Airport
- runway 25, 1,300 × 20 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,489 total · 1,487 in this make and model · 1,489 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 18 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.