# NTSB Accident WPR14FA132
> **CESSNA 120** · 2014-03-09 · Carson City, NV, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR14FA132
- **Event ID:** 20140309X30405
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2014-03-09
- **Location:** Carson City, NV, USA
- **Coordinates:** 39.098056, -119.665
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 120
- **Registration:** N76856
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NR
- **Weather:** Unk
## Probable cause

The pilot’s delayed decision to initiate a course-reversal turn when the airplane was unable to attain sufficient altitude to cross a mountain range, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and entering an aerodynamic stall during the turn. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s selection, for undetermined reasons, of a route different than his normal route.

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