- Date
- February 9, 1984, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Chantilly, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N1734RCessna 182RG II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 6256
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated he saw baggage tug at a stop, apparently holding, btw taxiways T-1 and T-2. Tug driver reported he stopped at the stop sign, looked left, looked right and observing no acft. He accelerated his vehicle and saw N1734R directly in front of him. He attempted to stop but was unable to do so and struck right horizontal stabilizer of N1734R. Plt did not see tug approaching until it contacted the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1734R
- Reported as
- Cessna 182RG II
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200540
- Airframe hours
- 1,017
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert H. Thalman
- Registered owner
- Robert H. Thalman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 30, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,727 total · 129 in this make and model · 4,476 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IAD, 5 nm away