Cessna 120 N7227E

Summary

On 16 July 2009 at about 17:15 local time, a Cessna 120 registered N7227E, operated by Boeck Lothar S, was involved in an accident near Morristown, Tennessee, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

16 July 2009 at 17:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Morristown, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

36.1794, -83.3753

Aircraft

Cessna 120

Registration

N7227E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Boeck Lothar S

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tazewell → Tazewell

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09LA407

1 person had minor injuries.

The partial loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

An adequate quantity of fuel was on-board at the beginning of the instructional flight. No discrepancies were reported during the preflight inspection or engine run-up. After takeoff, the student pilot performed airwork, then flew to a nearby airport where he performed a low pass over the runway. At the completion of the low pass, he applied power to climb, but the engine "popped" and experienced a loss of power. The flight instructor took the controls and maneuvered the airplane to a golf course and landed on a fairway. During the landing roll, the airplane rolled onto an area of vegetation and nosed over, coming to rest inverted. Postaccident fuel leakage was noted from both fuel tanks and the carburetor was broken off from its attach point to the engine. All engine controls remained attached to the carburetor. Only a cursory examination of the engine was performed and no discrepancies were noted that would have precluded engine operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.