# NTSB CHI71DEV49: Cessna 172, N6646A, Palestine, IL, June 14, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1971
- Place: Palestine, IL · PALESTINE, IL
- Location: 39.0016° N, 87.6126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palestine, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0016&lon=-87.6126&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 10, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162001
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI71DEV49
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71DEV49

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2026  71/6/14    PALESTINE,ILL       CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 36, 26 TOTAL
        TIME - 1005                    N6646A              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ROBINSON
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PALESTINE,ILL               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6646A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6646A-2017-06-19), registration cancelled 2017-06-19, S/N 28746, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Robinson

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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