# NTSB CEN25LA179: Cessna 177RG, N2614V, Wahoo, NE, May 16, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 15, 2025, 20:20 local (May 16, 2025, 01:20 UTC)
- Place: Wahoo, NE · Airport ramp
- Coordinates: 41.240605, -96.594549
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2406&lon=-96.5945&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200171
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200171/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200171
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA179

## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain clearance from an obstacle during taxi operations.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 1,269 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062000/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 177RG, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=2073709), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that as he taxied the airplane to the ramp, he steered toward one of the available parking spots, and the left wing of the airplane struck a light pole which resulted in substantial damage to the outboard end of the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2614V](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2614V), registered now, S/N 177RG0632, built 1974 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 177RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177rg) (registry code 2073709) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6d) (registry code 41593, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 177RG0632
- Year built: 1974
- Airframe hours: 6457
- Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A1B6D 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 4, 2024
- Departed: KDTN, Shreveport, LA
- Destination: KAHQ, Wahoo, NE
- Airport: AHQ, Wahoo Municipal Airport, runway 20, 4,101 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Electronic primary flight display, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review June 9, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 1,534.4 total, 442.8 in this make and model, 1,470.6 as pilot in command, 235.1 in the last 90 days, 58.9 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.56 inHg
- Observed at: KAHQ, 1 nm away
- METAR: KAHQ 160135Z AUTO 22006KT 10SM CLR 21/05 A2956 RMK AO2 T02110053

## 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 20250515005449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250515005449A), May 15, 2025: Cessna 177RG, Wahoo, NE, Substantial damage. While maneuvering on the ramp and into the setting sun, the left wing made contact with a light pole next to the aircraft fueling pumps.

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200171. 4.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 4.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18785132&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA179%20-%206120_1_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 314 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18785598&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA179%20-%20PHOTOS-Rel.pdf

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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