Cessna 172 N5258Y
12 November 2022 · Olathe, Kansas, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 12 November 2022 at about 23:26 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N5258Y, operated by T&C Aviation Enterprises Inc, was involved in an accident near Olathe, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 23:26
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Olathe, Kansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Johnson County Executive Airpo (OJC)
- Coordinates
- 38.8477, -94.7377
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Registration
- N5258Y
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2002
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- T&C Aviation Enterprises Inc
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Olathe → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night
- NTSB number
- CEN23LA035
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The inflight collision with multiple geese during initial climb.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor and his student were conducting an instructional flight in night visual meteorological conditions and in the airport traffic pattern when the airplane collided with multiple geese during initial climb. The flight instructor made an uneventful landing following the bird strike. The airplane’s right-wing leading edge and main spar were substantially damaged during the bird strike.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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All 12,209 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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