Plane Crash List

Cessna 172M N80282

20 September 1986 · Arkansas City, Kansas, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 September 1986 at about 23:15 local time, a Cessna 172M registered N80282 was involved in an accident near Arkansas City, Kansas, 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 23:15
Classification
Accident
Location
Arkansas City, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport
Private Strip
Coordinates
37.0592, -97.0402
Aircraft
Cessna 172M
Registration
N80282
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Shell Knob → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Dawn
NTSB number
MKC86LA194

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

THE PLT WAS LANDING ON HIS PRIVATE SOD STRIP WHICH HAD TALL GRASS ALONG THE EDGES. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP SOME PAPERS THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE COCKPIT FLOOR. WHEN HE LOOKED BACK UP, THE ACFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED TALL JOHNSON GRASS BESIDE THE STRIP, THEN THE ACFT VEERED FURTHER LEFT & NOSED OVER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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