- Date
- August 29, 1984, 07:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place
- Bloomfield, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30755Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840829044329A
- Case key
- 33552
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Analysis
N30755, collided with a radio tower guy wire and crashed three miles east of Bloomfield, MO, while on a business flight. Instrument meteorological conditons prevailed at the time of the accident. Witness stated that the low clouds obscured the top of the 80 ft tall grain elevator on his farm. Examination of the guy wire indicated damage to one wire at 260 ft AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30755
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17701445
- Airframe hours
- 2,024
- Engine
- Lycoming O-260-A1F-6, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John A Edrington
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 5, 1984 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- 7M4 · Osceola, AR
- Destination
- Bloomfield, MO
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,730 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,599 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 0° at 5 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 100 ft
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.