Cessna 120 N3089N

5 May 1973 · Councl Bluff, Iowa, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 May 1973 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N3089N was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Councl Bluff, Iowa, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 May 1973 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Councl Bluff, Iowa, United States
Nearest airport: Council Bluffs
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 120
Registration: N3089N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1358

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

REMOVED CARB HOSE NO FUEL, LOOSENED LINE L TANK TO FUEL VALVE, FUEL FLOWED.HARD BRAKING AVOID CORN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1358, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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