Cessna 120 N1875N

Summary

On 8 June 2012 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N1875N, operated by Valley View Flyers LLC, was involved in an accident near Smith Valley, Nevada, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 June 2012 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Smith Valley, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Smith Valley (NV33)

Coordinates

38.8333, -119.3956

Aircraft

Cessna 120

Registration

N1875N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Valley View Flyers LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Yerrington → Smith Valley

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR12LA262

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the right main landing gear strut due to corrosion-induced fatigue, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that the airplane bounced during the landing, and when it touched down again, it veered to the left. The pilot applied power to abort the landing, but the airplane continued off the left side of the runway surface into sagebrush. Postaccident examination revealed that the right main landing gear strut was transversely fractured through the upper attachment hole for the step bracket. Subsequent metallurgical examination revealed that the fracture surface was indicative of fatigue and originated in an area of corrosion.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.