Cessna 120 N77303

10 July 1970 · Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 10 July 1970 at about 11:45 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N77303 was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 10 July 1970 at 11:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport: Phillips
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 120
Registration: N77303
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2920

People

2 people had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	2	0

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

ATTEMPTED T/O FROM ROUGH PASTURE, GRASS ABOUT 12 IN HIGH. GR STRUCK PARKED CAR.

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 3-2920, 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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