# Accident 19830730036619A: Cessna 152, Nashville, TN, July 30, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1983, 17:30 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Nashville Metropolitan
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1103° N, 86.6598° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1103&lon=-86.6598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5270B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5270B-1992-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 120 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83LKW02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LKW02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830730036619A

## Narrative

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

DEPLANED PASSENGER WALKED INTO TURNING PROPELLER WHILE PILOTS ATTENTION WAS DIVERTED.

## 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 ATL83LKW02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LKW02), Jul 30, 1983: Cessna 152 (N5270B), Nashville, TN, minor damage

## Other reports on N5270B (1)

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

- [Accident 19870823050579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870823050579A), Aug 23, 1987: Cessna 152 (N5270B), Lewisburg, KY, Substantial damage. Lost power. Landed in a field. On landing roll struck a fence. Fuel exhaustion.

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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