- Date
- April 7, 1973
- Place
- Swanton, OH · SWANTON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8472UCessna 172F
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730407010219A
- Case key
- 170496
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1256 73/4/7 SWANTON,OHIO CESSNA 172F CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 189 TIME - 1345 N8472U PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 49 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOLEDO EXPRESS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SWANTON,OHIO WALBRIDGE,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- UN MOVE CTL WHEEL FWD.SUSPECT IMP STOWED BRAKE HANDLE.PRE-IMPACT RELATION NOT DTMND DUE DMG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8472U
- Reported as
- Cessna 172F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Toledo Express
N8472URegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.