# Accident 19811003065409A: Cessna 177, Dallas, TX, October 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 3, 1981, 18:20 local time
- Place: Dallas, TX
- Airport: Love
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7831° N, 96.8067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dallas, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7831&lon=-96.8067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3215T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3215T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 177 (registry code 2073704, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 650 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FPA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPA01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811003065409A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PASSENGER DEPLANED TO CHECK CLEARANCE FOR PILOT TO TAXI BETWEEN PARKED AIRPLANES.  WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW82FPA01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FPA01), Oct 3, 1981: Cessna 177 (N3215T), Dallas, TX, minor damage

## Other reports on N3215T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19780723038879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780723038879I), Jul 23, 1978: Cessna 177 (N3215T), Foreman, AR, Minor damage. Pilot continued into deteriorating weather. Forced to make an off airport landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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