- Date
- August 24, 2025, 07:11 local (14:11 UTC)
- Place
- Taylor, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3151NCessna 120
- Defining event
- Enroute: Off-field or emergency landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20250824012559A
- Case key
- 200876
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On August 24, 2025, about 0711 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 120, N3151N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Taylor, Arizona. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot dipped the fuel tanks before the flight and observed that the left tank was empty and the right tank contained about 10.5 gallons of fuel, a quantity that had previously provided about 1.5 hours of flight time with a 30 to 60 minute reserve. The right tank was selected for the entire flight. After 1 hour and 25 minutes, while on approach to land, the engine lost all power. The pilot performed a forced landing, during which the airplane sustained substantial damage to the aft fuselage. After the accident, the pilot dipped the right fuel tank and found that about 1 inch of fuel remained.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3151N
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13409
- Built
- 1947
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- TYL · Taylor, runway 21, 7,001 × 75 ft
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.30 inHg
- Observed at
- KTYL, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KTYL 241515Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/12 A3030 RMK AO2=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.