# NTSB MKC84FA264: Cessna 177B, N30755, Bloomfield, MO, August 29, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1984, 07:55 local (12:55 UTC)
- Place: Bloomfield, MO
- Coordinates: 36.880332, -89.930969 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8803&lon=-89.9310&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33552
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA264
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33552/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA264

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight encounter with weather, cruise - normal
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with object, descent - emergency
  - object - guy wire (contributing factor)
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - vfr flight into imc - continued, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30755-1984-10-25), registration cancelled 1984-10-25, S/N 17701445 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17701445
- Airframe hours: 2024
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840829044329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840829044329A), Aug 29, 1984: Cessna 177B, Bloomfield, MO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a radio tower guide wire while flying low in area of dense fog. Impact severed a wing prior to final impact.

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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