Cessna 172 N6778A
3 August 2021 · Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 3 August 2021 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6778A was involved in an accident near Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 16:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States
- Nearest airport
- Ford (IMT)
- Coordinates
- 45.8184, -88.1146
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N6778A
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1956
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Iron Mountain → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN21LA388
People
2 people had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Probable cause
The mechanics’ failure to follow procedures for high-thrust operations at the nontowered airport, which resulted in jet blast damage to an airplane taxiing nearby.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot landed the Cessna 172 at the nontowered airport and taxied toward parking. As the Cessna 172 passed about 200 ft behind a Bombardier CRJ-200 parked on the ramp, two mechanics onboard the CRJ-200 were conducting a maintenance test and were not aware of the Cessna 172. The mechanics increased the CRJ-200’s engine power, and jet blast lifted the Cessna 172’s tail, which resulted in the Cessna 172 nosing down and sustaining substantial damage to the left wing. The mechanics did not follow several of the operator’s procedures for high-thrust maintenance operations at a nontowered airport, including notifying airport management personnel of high-thrust operations, selecting the most appropriate location on the airport, and actively communicating high-thrust intentions on the airport’s common traffic advisory frequency. Their failure to follow these procedures led to their performing high-thrust operations near a taxiing airplane.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Aug 2021 | Cessna 172F | Tucson, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 23 Mar 2021 | Cessna 172S | Everett, Washington, United States | Boeing Employees Flying Association Inc | Minor injuries | - |
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| 19 Mar 2021 | Cessna 172 | Toledo, Spain | - | No injuries | - |
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