# Accident 19730708020431A: Cessna 172B, Pasadena, MD, July 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1973
- Place: Pasadena, MD
- Airport: Mountain Road
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 39.1184° N, 76.4966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mountain Road Airport (MD43), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1184&lon=-76.4966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8101X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8101X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172B (registry code 2072406, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 458 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74AI003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730708020431A

## Narrative

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

N8101X HAD JUST BECOME AIRBORNE WHEN STRUCK.PLT ABORTED,R WG HIT PROP OF PARKED ACFT,TYPE N/R.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N1800K, Luscom 8E: [Accident 19730708020432A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730708020432A)

## 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 IAD74AI003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI003), Jul 8, 1973: Cessna 172 (N8101X), Pasadena, MD, 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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