- Date
- September 20, 1984, 19:30 local (Sep 21, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lancaster, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N54984Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840920051619A
- Case key
- 21478
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - aircraft parked/standing
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Visual lookout - not maintainedCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Analysis
Witnesses reported that the acft was taxiing fast and failed to clear the row of parked acft. The left wing contacted the tail of a parked Cessna 177, which was destroyed by impact and propeller damage as the taxiing acft swung into it.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54984
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275899
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Modern Aero Of Tx Inc.
- Registered owner
- Konrad-Woody Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- RBD · Dallas, TX
- Airport
- LNC · Lancaster
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 80° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DAL, 20 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.