# NTSB MIA72AM034: Cessna 172H, Fitzgerald, GA, October 10, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Date: October 10, 1971
- Place: Fitzgerald, GA · FITZGERALD, GA
- Location: 31.7130° N, 83.2522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fitzgerald, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: DirectorBrief, August 1, 1972
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164091
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA72AM034
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA72AM034

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4313  71/10/10   FITZGERALD,GA       CESSNA 172H         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 193
        TIME - 1920                    N1448F              PX-  1  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FITZGERALD MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FITZGERALD,GA               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
        REMARKS- PAX DEPLANED,WALKED INTO PROPELLER.
```

## Sequence of events

- Standing-engine(s) operating

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1448F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1448F-2012-07-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: Cessna 172H (registry code 2072424, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airport: FITZGERALD MUNI

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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