- Date
- July 28, 1972
- Place
- Hickory, NC · HICKORY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N78472Cessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1077 72/7/28 HICKORY,NC CESSNA 172K CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 64 TOTAL TIME - 1230 N78472 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HICKORY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHELBY,NC HICKORY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST TAXI: FROM LANDING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN REMARKS- PLT TAXIED BEHIND MU-2 IN GRND RUN UP TAILED TOWARDS TAXIWAY.UNCNTRLD ARPT.UNICOM OPS NOT REPTD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78472
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hickory
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