Cessna 177RG N35849

Summary

On 8 August 1984 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 177RG registered N35849, operated by Staver/Meyering, was involved in an accident near Shelbyville, Tennessee, 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.

Date

8 August 1984 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States

Coordinates

35.4893, -86.4396

Aircraft

Cessna 177RG

Registration

N35849

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Staver/Meyering

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → McCullum

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA257

Nobody was injured.

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

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A PARKED TRUCK ON A TAXIWAY EN ROUTE TO TAKEOFF. THE PLT SAID HE OBSERVED THE PARKED TRUCK ON THETAXIWAY. THERE WAS ANOTHER TAXIWAY AVAILABLE BUT THE PLT CONTINUED ON THE CONGESTED ONE WITH THE ACFT WING OVERLAPPING THE TRUCK BY ABOUT 7 FT. THE COLLISION OF THE WING AGAINST THE TRUCK TURNED THE ACFT INTO THE TRUCK AND THE PROP ALSO MADE CONTACT. A WITNESS STATED THAT THE PLT WAS NOT WEARING CORRECTIVE LENSES AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HIS LAST 3RD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE ISSUED ON 7-7-82 HAD A LIMITATION THAT HE MUST WEAR CORRECTIVE LENSES WHILE EXERCISING THE PRIVILEGES OF THE CERTIFICATE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.