- Date
- March 16, 1973
- Place
- Huntsville, AL · HUNTSVILLE, AL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N1828QCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report May 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730316006529A
- Case key
- 163198
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0524 73/3/16 HUNTSVILLE,ALA CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 2318 TIME - 2345 N1828Q PX- 1 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTSVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FT WAYNE,IND ST PETERSBURG,FLA HUNTSVILLE,ALA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX DEPLANED TO CK FOR TIEDOWN,WALKED INTO PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1828Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Huntsville
N1828QRegistration cancelled Mar 6, 2021 · Cessna 177RGAirframe modelCessna 177RGEngine modelLycoming IO-360-A1B6D
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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.
Other investigations on N1828Q · 1
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