- Date
- March 15, 1970
- Place
- San Benito, TX · SAN BENITO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4472LCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1293 70/3/15 SAN BENITO,TEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 269 TIME - 1645 N4472L PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN BENITO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN BENITO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PLT LET ENG IDLE WHILE CHANGING PAX LOADS. PAX WALKED INTO PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4472L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- San Benito
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