Plane Crash List

Cessna 172P N54984

21 September 1984 · Lancaster, Texas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 21 September 1984 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna 172P registered N54984, operated by Modern Aero of TX Inc., was involved in an accident near Lancaster, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Lancaster, Texas, United States
Nearest airport
Lancaster (LNC)
Coordinates
32.2702, -96.6995
Aircraft
Cessna 172P
Registration
N54984
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Modern Aero of TX Inc.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Dallas
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Not Reported
NTSB number
FTW84LA409

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WAS TAXIING FAST AND FAILED TO CLEAR THE ROW OF PARKED ACFT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE TAIL OF A PARKED CESSNA 177, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND PROPELLER DAMAGE AS THE TAXIING ACFT SWUNG INTO IT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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