# NTSB MIA77DLG13: Cessna 180, N6500A, Chester, SC, April 17, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 17, 1977
- Place: Chester, SC · CHESTER, SC
- Location: 34.7023° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chester, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7023&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 18, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 157502
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA77DLG13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA77DLG13

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0714  77/4/17    CHESTER,SC          CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1330                    N6500A              PX-  0  0  0  TOWING GLIDERS            AGE 58, 6221 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            600 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CHESTER MUNICIPAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHESTER,SC                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
        REMARKS- SWERVED TO AVOID COLLISION WITH ANOTHER GLIDER TOW ACFT TAKING OFF FROM UNCONTROLLED ARPT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6500A](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6500A), registered now, S/N 32397, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Chester Municipal

## 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 19770417008029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770417008029A), Apr 17, 1977: Cessna 180, Chester, SC, Substantial damage. Swerved to avoid collision with another glider tow acft taking off from uncontrolled arpt

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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