Cessna 120, N2376N: Accident occurred November 17, 2020 near Stanton County Municipal Airport (KJHN), Johnson City, Kansas

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The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident

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Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Wichita, Kansas

https://registry.faa.gov/N2376N

Location: Johnson City, KS 

Accident Number: CEN21LA062

Date & Time: November 17, 2020, 15:35 Local

Registration: N2376N

Aircraft: Cessna 120 

Injuries: 2 None

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Personal

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Aircraft Make: Cessna

Registration: N2376N

Model/Series: 120 

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built: No

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Operating Certificate(s) Held: None

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Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 1 None

Aircraft Damage: Substantial

Passenger Injuries: 1 None 

Aircraft Fire: None

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Aircraft Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 2 None

Latitude, Longitude: 37.579722,-101.59972 

 

JOHNSON CITY, Kansas (WIBW) - No serious injuries were reported when a small plane crashed Tuesday afternoon in southwest Kansas, authorities said.

The plane crash was reported at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday near US-160 highway and D Road in Stanton County. The location was about 7 miles east of the Stanton County Airport.

According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, the pilot of a Cessna 120 attempted a “flyby” of people on the ground when the plane caught its left wing on the dirt and spun into the ground.

The pilot, Blake Allen Gerard, 36, of Collinsville, Oklahoma, was transported to Stanton County Hospital in Johnson City. The patrol said Gerard, who was wearing a safety restraint, had no apparent injuries.

A passenger in the plane, Matthew Allen Gerard, 13, of Collinsville, Oklahoma, also was taken to Stanton County Hospital with suspected minor injuries. The patrol said he was wearing a safety restraint.

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