Cessna 172 N79041
13 November 1977 · Providence, Rhode Island, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 November 1977 at about 12:40 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N79041, operated by New England AI, was involved in an accident during the taxi phase of flight near Providence, Rhode Island, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Nearest airport
- Tf Green
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N79041
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- New England AI
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Route
- Block Island, Ri → Providence, Ri
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3840
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PIC HAND PROPPED UNATTENDED AIRCRAFT.ENGINE STARTED.AIRCRAFT TAXIIED INTO PARKED AUTOMOBILES.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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