- Date
- December 27, 1973
- Place
- Merriman, NE · MERRIMAN, NE
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1418DCessna 170A
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731227041219A
- Case key
- 187513
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3912 73/12/27 MERRIMAN,NEBR CESSNA 170A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 258 TIME - 1530 N1418D PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 246 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHADBOLT RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLA MERRIMAN,NEBR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PILOT DEPLANED TO OPEN GATE,ENGINE RUNNING.PAX INADVERTENTLY ADVANCED THROTTLE,AIRCAFT HIT FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1418D
- Reported as
- Cessna 170A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Shadbolt Ranch
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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.