# NTSB UNK64X2059: Cessna 120, N2560N, Rankin, TX, May 31, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: May 31, 1964
- Place: Rankin, TX · RANKIN, TX
- Location: 31.2254° N, 101.9394° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rankin, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2254&lon=-101.9394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report September 28, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183800
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2059
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2059

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1501  64/5/31    RANKIN TEX          CESSNA 120          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 25, 4100
        TIME - 1145                    N2560N              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - UPTON COUNTY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           STALL                                                    LANDING: GO-AROUND
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- MANEUVER TO AVOID WIRES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2560N](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2560N-1970-11-23), registration cancelled 1970-11-23, S/N 12816 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 120
- Registry model: [Cessna 120](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-120) (registry code 2071402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Upton County

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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