# NTSB IAD71DHD57: Cessna 175A, N7014E, Dover, DE, June 25, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: June 25, 1971
- Place: Dover, DE · DOVER, DE
- Location: 39.1606° N, 75.5217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dover, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1606&lon=-75.5217&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 161757
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD71DHD57
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD71DHD57

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2431  71/6/25    DOVER,DEL           CESSNA 175A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 1828
        TIME - 1925                    N7014E              PX-  0  0  2  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 9 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHANDELLE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DOVER,DEL                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        REMARKS- A/S INOP 1ST T/O.ABORTED OK.HI SPEED TAXI BACK ON RWY DOWNWIND.UN TO STOP ACFT BFOR HITTING DITCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7014E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7014E-1974-08-02), registration cancelled 1974-08-02, S/N 56514 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175A
- Registry model: [Cessna 175A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175a) (registry code 2072504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chandelle

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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