# Accident 19770907027979A: Cessna 172D, Key West, FL, September 7, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1977
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 24.5561° N, 81.7600° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEY WEST INTL (EYW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5561&lon=-81.7600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N733QS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733QS-2017-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 90 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA77FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770907027979A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER WALKED INTO PROPELLER WHILE BOARDING

## 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 MIA77FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FA084), Sep 7, 1977: Cessna 172 (N733QS), Key West, FL, no damage, 1 fatal

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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