# NTSB MIA78DKJ45: Cessna 175, N7457M, Pensacola, FL, May 26, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 26, 1978
- Place: Pensacola, FL · PENSACOLA, FL
- Location: 30.4410° N, 87.1912° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pensacola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4410&lon=-87.1912&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 11, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141951
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA78DKJ45
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA78DKJ45

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1327  78/5/26    PENSACOLA,FL        CESSNA 175          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 540
        TIME - 2030                    N7457M              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PENSACOLA REGNL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JACKSON,MS                  PENSACOLA,FL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD                            TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: ISSUED IMPROPER OR CONFLICTING INSTRUCTIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- TOWER ADVISED PLT WHEN TO START TURN ONTO HIGH SPEED TURN OFF DUE NO TAXIWAY LIGHTS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7457M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7457M), registered now, S/N 55757, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pensacola Regnl

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780526011709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780526011709A), May 26, 1978: Cessna 175A, Pensacola, FL, Substantial damage. Tower advised plt when to start turn onto high speed turn off duetaxiway lights.

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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