- Date
- September 17, 1978
- Place
- Old Town, ME · OLD TOWN, ME
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9604HCessna 172M
- Status
- Completed · report November 15, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780917027699A
- Case key
- 139864
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2954 78/9/17 OLD TOWN,ME CESSNA 172M CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 24, 82 TOTAL TIME - 0400 N9604H PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEWITT FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLD TOWN,ME OLD TOWN,ME TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PASSENGER WALKED INTO TURNING PROP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9604H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172M
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Dewitt Field
N9604HRegistration cancelled Mar 21, 2017 · Cessna 172MAirframe modelCessna 172MEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9604H · 1
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