# NTSB FTW84LA409: Cessna 172P, N54984, Lancaster, TX, September 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 20, 1984, 19:30 local (Sep 21, 1984, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Coordinates: 32.270195, -96.699539 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2702&lon=-96.6995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21478
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA409
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21478/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA409

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - object - aircraft parked/standing
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - visual lookout - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275899
- Engines: 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.

- 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840920051619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840920051619A), Sep 20, 1984: Cessna 172P, Lancaster, TX, Substantial damage. Pilot taxied aircraft too close to parked airplane and left wing struck the tail of parked aircraft.

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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