# NTSB FTW84FA382: Cessna 172N, N46ER, Quinlan, TX, September 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: September 9, 1984, 09:33 local (14:33 UTC)
- Place: Quinlan, TX
- Coordinates: 32.900413, -96.12992 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9004&lon=-96.1299&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21148
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA382
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21148/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA382

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with object, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

A WITNESS REPORTED THAT WHEN THE PLT WAS LANDING, THE ACFT DESCENDED ON FINAL APCH, GOT TOO LOW & COLLIDED WITH ELECTRIC POWER LINES. THE ACFT THEN NOSED DOWN & IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N46ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17269574
- Airframe hours: 4695
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Charles E. Holloway
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 15, 1983, 5 hours before
- Departed: QUINLAN, TX
- Airport: T14, Rockin M, runway 18, 3,120 × 60 ft

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 51; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 334 total, 8 in this make and model, 204 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAL, 35 nm away

## 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 19840909047449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840909047449A), Sep 9, 1984: Cessna 172N, Quinlan, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft struck powerlines, nosed down and impacted ground at pilots Private Airport.

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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