# Accident 19730316006529A: Cessna 177RG, Huntsville, AL, March 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1973
- Place: Huntsville, AL
- Airport: Huntsville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 34.6884° N, 86.5889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Huntsville Field (0AL0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6884&lon=-86.5889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1828Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1828Q-2021-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177RG (registry code 2073709, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D (registry code 41593, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 37 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730316006529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PAX DEPLANED TO CK FOR TIEDOWN,WALKED INTO PROP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA73AM092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM092), Mar 16, 1973: Cessna 177RG (N1828Q), Huntsville, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N1828Q (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19911024051779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911024051779I), Oct 24, 1991: Cessna 177RG (N1828Q), Greensboro, NC, Minor damage. Hydraulic line rupture in flight. Made a gear up landing at Greensboro airport.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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