# NTSB SEA93LA066: Cessna 120, N2100V, Battleground, WA, February 16, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 16, 1993, 08:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place: Battleground, WA
- Coordinates: 45.799465, -122.480522 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7995&lon=-122.4805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1994
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 42989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA93LA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/42989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA93LA066

## 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

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - aborted
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2100V-1998-01-07), registration cancelled 1998-01-07, S/N 14325 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14235
- Airframe hours: 2692
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19930216002559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930216002559A), Feb 16, 1993: Cessna 120, Battleground, WA, Destroyed. Appears pilot tried to land downwind. Unable began nose high go around to miss trees. Stalled rolled and crashed.

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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