Cessna 120 N76546

Summary

On 7 June 1987 at about 05:50 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N76546, operated by Phillip F. Stotts, was involved in an accident near Fresno, California, 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.

Date

7 June 1987 at 05:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Fresno, California, United States

Nearest airport

Sierra Sky Park (Q60)

Coordinates

36.8093, -119.7497

Aircraft

Cessna 120

Registration

N76546

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Phillip F. Stotts

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Merced → Fresno

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

LAX87LA228

Nobody was injured.

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

A CESSNA 120 LANDED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY ON A ROUGH DIRT AREA AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT INDICATED THAT THE AIRPORT IS NOT LIGHTED. THE RUNWAY IS EQUIPPED WITH WHITE REFLECTORS AND THE TAXIWAYS ARE EQUIPPED WITH AMBER REFLECTORS. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COLORED REFLECTORS WHILE IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT ALIGNED THE AIRCRAFT WITH AMBER PARALLEL TAXIWAY REFLECTORS ON THE LEFT AND WHITE RUNWAY REFLECTORS ON THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON A PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY JUST PAST AMBER REFLECTORS WHICH APPEARED TO BE RUNWAY END MARKINGS. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT ACROSS THE PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY AND NOSED OVER IN THE ROUGH DIRT AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.