- Date
- May 14, 1988, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ocean Shores, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N35177Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40841
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - vehicleFactor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
During taxi for takeoff, plt misjudged clrnc between wingtip and mowing machine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35177
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702248
- Airframe hours
- 2,280
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gold Beach Aircraft
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1987
- Airport
- Ocean Shores
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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 10,000 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F