- Date
- February 25, 1979
- Place
- Orlando, FL · ORLANDO, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7850XCessna 172B
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790225003619A
- Case key
- 137387
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0448 79/2/25 NR.ORLANDO,FL CESSNA 172B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 127 TIME - 1715 N7850X PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRAIRE LAKE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- PILOT LANDED ON LAKE,ALLOWED PAX TO EXIT ACFT WITH ENG RUNNING.PAX WALKED INTO PROPELLER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7850X
- Reported as
- Cessna 172B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
N7850XRegistration cancelled May 2, 2020 · Cessna 172BAirframe modelCessna 172BEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7850X · 1
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