Cessna 120 N627DM

Summary

On 7 August 2005 at about 00:05 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N627DM was involved in an accident near Chiloquin, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 August 2005 at 00:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Chiloquin, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Chiloquin State Airport (2S7)

Coordinates

42.5793, -121.8798

Aircraft

Cessna 120

Registration

N627DM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chiloquin → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA05LA165

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and a loss of control during a pull-up maneuver. A factor contributing to the accident was the inadvertent stall/spin, which resulted in the subsequent collision with terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

Witnesses observed the airplane departing to the south. One witness reported seeing the airplane about 20 feet above the ground when it pulled up steeply, banked hard to the left, and then continued to turn and went straight into the ground. Other witnesses said that just after the airplane took off and was approximately 200 to 300 feet above the ground, it nosed down and impacted terrain. A postaccident examination revealed no anomalies with the airplane which would have precluded normal operations.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.