# NTSB CHI73DEK05: Cessna 150G, N4740X, Zanesville, OH, August 22, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 22, 1972
- Place: Zanesville, OH · ZANESVILLE, OH
- Location: 39.9570° N, 82.0120° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zanesville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9570&lon=-82.0120&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167644
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73DEK05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEK05

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1322  72/8/22    ZANESVILLE,OHIO     CESSNA 150G         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 0520                    N4740X              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 40, 1684 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            65 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ZANESVILLE MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          LUSBY,MD                    CHAMPAIGN,ILL                ZANESVILLE,OHIO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- COPYING CLNC.HIT BELL 47,N5152B,SUBST DMG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4740X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4740X-2012-08-23), registration cancelled 2012-08-23, S/N 15064790, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Zanesville Muni

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.

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