# NTSB MKC84LA187: Cessna 172N, N1530E, Gainsville, MO, June 28, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 28, 1984, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Gainsville, MO
- Coordinates: 36.600109, -92.419563 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6001&lon=-92.4196&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): 33720
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33720/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA187

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - object - utility pole(marked)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO HIS HANGAR. UPON REACHING THE HANGAR HE MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN TO POSITION THE AIRCRAFT SO HE COULD PUSH IT BACKWARDS INTO THE HANGAR. DURING THE TURN THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A POLE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1530E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1530E-2013-04-11), registration cancelled 2013-04-11, S/N 17271036, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271036
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stephen L. Bartlett
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 30, 1983
- Departed: GAINSVILLE, MO
- Airport: Bartlet (Pvt), runway 6, 1,500 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,000 total, 38 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SPG, 6 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 19840628027609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840628027609A), Jun 28, 1984: Cessna 172N, Gainsville, MO, Substantial damage. A wing collided with a pole while swinging around in front of a hangar to postion aircraft for a push back.

## Other investigations on N1530E (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC86LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA069), Mar 18, 1986: Cessna 172N (N1530E), Warren, AR, destroyed

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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