# NTSB ATL84LA170: Cessna 172N, N733GY, Nashville, TN, May 14, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1984, 22:28 local (May 14, 1984, 03:28 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Coordinates: 36.110229, -86.660713 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1102&lon=-86.6607&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6456
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6456/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA170

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - aircraft preflight - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, passenger (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT AFTER HE & HIS PASSENGERS WERE ABOARD THE ACFT, THE ENG WAS RUNNING & GROUND CONTROL HAD CLEARED HIM TO TAXI WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL WAS STILL CHOCKED, PREVENTING FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE ACFT. HE WAS SETTING HIS PARKING BRAKE WHEN THE PASSENGER IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT UNSTRAPPED & EXITED THE ACFT, WITHOUT ANY INSTRUCTION FROM THE PLT. THE PLT INITIATED AN ENG SHUTDOWN; HOWEVER, HE WAS UNABLE TO SHUT IT DOWN BEFORE THE PASSENGER WALKED FORWARD INTO THE ARC OF THE PROPELLER. THE PLT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS ON TOP OF THE HANGAR PROVIDED GOOD ILLUMINATION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N733GY](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N733GY-1991-12-05), registration cancelled 1991-12-05, S/N 17268295 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17268295
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Donald C. Marshall/Werremeyer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 5, 1983
- Departed: BNA
- Destination: 313, TERRE HAUTE, IN
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BNA, Nashville Metro

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 381 total, 380 in this make and model, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: BNA

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840513018149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840513018149A), May 13, 1984: Cessna 172N, Nashville, TN, 1 fatal. Passenger left aircraft to remove wheelchock and walked into prop.

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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