# NTSB MIA70D0164: Cessna 172, N8302B, Gadsden, AL, September 29, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 29, 1969
- Place: Gadsden, AL · GADSDEN, AL
- Location: 34.0143° N, 86.0066° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gadsden, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0143&lon=-86.0066&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151055
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70D0164
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70D0164

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4042  69/9/29    GADSDEN,ALA         CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 140
        TIME - 1100                    N8302B              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - GADSDEN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GADSDEN,ALA                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT                           TAXI: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - STARTED ENGINE WITHOUT PROPER ASSISTANCE/EQUIPMENT
        REMARKS- CESSNA PROP STRUCK WING OF PARKED AERONCA N81452,SUBSTL DMG. HAND PROPPED ACFT,NO ONE AT CTLS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8302B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8302B-1980-10-07), registration cancelled 1980-10-07, S/N 36102 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Gadsden

## Other investigations on N8302B (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA77FKJ88](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77FKJ88), Aug 31, 1977: Cessna 172 (N8302B), Weaver, AL, substantial damage

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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