# Incident 19961029037969I: Cessna 340A, Independence, KS, October 29, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Independence, KS
- Airport: Independence Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1579° N, 95.7790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDEPENDENCE MUNI (IDP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1579&lon=-95.7790&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6267N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961029037969I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: A CESSNA 340A, N6267N, LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 AT INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS AT APPROXIMATELY 3:00 P.M., OCTOBER 29, 1996. THE RUNWAY WAS DRY AND THE SURFACE OF RUNWAY 17 IS CEMENT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE CESSNA 340, N6267N WAS LONNIE SASSAMAN FROM GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, A PRIVATE PILOT WITH INSTRUMENT, AMEL. LONNIE SASSAMAN STATED THAT HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 BECAUSE RUNWAY 22 WAS CLOSED. HOWEVER, THE WINDS AT INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS WERE REPORTED AS BEING 220 24G40. MR. SASSAMAN STATED THAT WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN HE RAN OUT OF AILERON AND RUDDER, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. MR. SASSAMAN STATED THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO HIMSELF OR THE ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. THE LEFT PROP WAS DAMAGED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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