# NTSB OAK69F0174: Cessna 172, N46384, Reno, NV, November 13, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 13, 1968
- Place: Reno, NV · RENO, NV
- Location: 39.5296° N, 119.8138° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reno, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5296&lon=-119.8138&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69F0174
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69F0174

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3845  68/11/13   RENO,NEV            CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 20, 124
        TIME - 0945                    N46384              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 24 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RENO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/JET/ROTOR BLAST                                STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS - PROP/JET/ROTOR BLAST
        REMARKS- N46384 PARKED IN RUN-UP AREA TOO CLOSE TO BOEING 707 WHICH WAS MOVING ONTO RNWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N46384 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Reno

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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