# NTSB NYC73AN007: Cessna 172H, N3297L, York, PA, July 6, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1972
- Place: York, PA · YORK, PA
- Location: 39.9648° N, 76.7318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of York, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9648&lon=-76.7318&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 22, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166555
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC73AN007
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73AN007

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0989   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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3297L), registered now, S/N 17256197, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: York-Thomasville

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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