Cessna 120 N1703N

Summary

On 31 July 2005 at about 18:00 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N1703N was involved in an accident near New Roads, Louisiana, 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

31 July 2005 at 18:00

Classification

Accident

Location

New Roads, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

False River Regional Airport (HZR)

Coordinates

30.7114, -91.4792

Aircraft

Cessna 120

Registration

N1703N

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Granbury → New Roads

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW05CA196

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

After the 5,883-hour commercial pilot touched down, at about 45-50 miles per hour (MPH) on Runway 36 (a 5,002-foot by 75-foot asphalt runway), the airplane started an uncomanded slow right turn. The pilot corrected with left rudder and the airplane responded left back towards the runway centerline. When a small amount of right rudder pedal did not arrest the now left turn, the pilot applied full right rudder pedal to no avail. The left turn continued until the airplane was perpendicular with the runway centerline and began to "hop" on the right main landing gear. On the third "hop" the right main landing gear collapsed, the windscreen broke out, and the right wing tip contacted the edge of the runway. After turning approximately 150 degrees the airplane came to rest in an upright position halfway over the edge of the runway. No anomalies were found with the flight controls, rudder system, or tail-wheel of the airplane. The closest weather reporting facility, located 20 nautical miles southeast from the site of the accident, was reporting no wind seven minutes before the accident.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.