# Incident 20000620016489I: Cessna 425, Pittsburg, KS, June 20, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 2000, 20:40 local time
- Place: Pittsburg, KS
- Airport: Atkinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4501° N, 94.7312° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ATKINSON MUNI (PTS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4501&lon=-94.7312&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242GB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 425
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000620016489I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ON A IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO JOPLIN. HE DECIDED TO ATTEMPT TO LAND AT PITTSBURGH AHEAD OF THUNDERSTORMS. WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AT PITTSBURGH, THE A/C WAS STRUCK BY BLOWING DEBRIS, RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO ENGINE INLETS, PROPELLORS, GEAR DOORS, WING LEADING EDGE AND LEADING EDGE OF VERTICAL STABILIZOR. THE INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT DISCLOSED MULTIPLE PILOT OPERATIONAL ERRORS DURING THE ARRIVAL AT PITTSBURGH. THE PILOT WAS REEXAMINED, WITH SATISFACTORY RESULTS.

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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