# Accident 19730510011279A: Cessna 172, Utica, MI, May 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1973
- Place: Utica, MI
- Airport: Berz-Macomb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 42.6639° N, 82.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Berz-Macomb Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6639&lon=-82.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8511B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8511B-1974-04-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172 (registry code 2072402, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 46 total, 36 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DEC33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEC33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730510011279A

## Narrative

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

OBSTRUCTION INSTALLED FOR SPITE BY OWNER OF PROPERTY ADJ TO ARPT.JOG IN TAXIWAY ABT MIDWAY.

## 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 CHI73DEC33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEC33), May 10, 1973: Cessna 172 (N8511B), Utica, MI, substantial damage

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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