- Date
- July 6, 1972
- Place
- York, PA · YORK, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N3297LCessna 172H
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0989 72/7/6 YORK,PA CESSNA 172H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 334 TIME - 1945 N3297L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YORK-THOMASVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YORK,PA ALTOONA,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: DRIVER OF VEHICLE REMARKS- MINI-BIKE RIDER IN UNAUTHORIZED AREA RAN INTO ACFT.PLT STATED ALL ACFT LTS AND TAXI LT WERE ON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3297L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- York-Thomasville
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