# Accident 19780917027699A: Cessna 172M, Old Town, ME, September 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1978
- Place: Old Town, ME
- Airport: Dewitt Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 44.9342° N, 68.6453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Old Town, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9342&lon=-68.6453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9604H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9604H-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total, 9 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNC51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780917027699A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER WALKED INTO TURNING 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 NYC78FNC51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNC51), Sep 17, 1978: Cessna 172M (N9604H), Old Town, ME, no damage

## Other reports on N9604H (2)

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

- [Accident 19971228039489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971228039489A), Dec 28, 1997: Cessna 172M (N9604H), Mansfield, MA, Destroyed. Acft crashed into a waste water treatment area on takeoff, Mansfield, MA. (.4)the airplane was observed to takeoff from runway 32 and climb to about 300 feet…
- [Incident 19870818080389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870818080389I), Aug 18, 1987: Cessna 172M (N9604H), Norwood, MA, Minor damage. Struck the wing tip of a parked aircraft while taxiing to park.

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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