# NTSB NYC73DKM02: Cessna 172K, N78472, Hickory, NC, July 28, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 28, 1972
- Place: Hickory, NC · HICKORY, NC
- Location: 35.7332° N, 81.3412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hickory, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7332&lon=-81.3412&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 11, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167663
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC73DKM02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73DKM02

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1077  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78472-2013-04-29), registration cancelled 2013-04-29, S/N 17257630 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172K
- Registry model: [Cessna 172K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172k) (registry code 2072430) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hickory

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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