# NTSB GAA16CA192: Cessna E162, N7027F, Lee's Summit, MO, April 12, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: April 12, 2016, 11:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Lee's Summit, MO
- Coordinates: 38.963611, -94.371665 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9636&lon=-94.3717&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 1, 2016
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: Kansas City FSDO (FAA)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93008
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA16CA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93008/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93008
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA192

## Probable cause

The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during an aborted landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a taxiway sign.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 23 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,127 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 162, 16 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=060005E), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The flight instructor reported that the student pilot flared high and the airplane bounced on touchdown. Subsequently, the airplane veered to the right during the landing roll and the flight instructor took the flight controls and added power to abort the landing, but the airplane continued off the runway to the right. The right elevator struck a taxiway sign during the runway excursion, which resulted in substantial damage to the elevator. The flight instructor did not report any mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The flight instructor reported that the student pilot flared high and the airplane bounced on touchdown. Subsequently, the airplane veered to the right during the landing roll and the flight instructor took the flight controls and added power to abort the landing, but the airplane continued off the runway to the right. The right elevator struck a taxiway sign during the runway excursion, which resulted in substantial damage to the elevator. The flight instructor did not report any mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7027F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7027F), registered now, S/N 16200078, built 2011 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO E162
- Registry model: [Cessna 162](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (registry code 060005E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (registry code 17402, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 16200078
- Year built: 2011
- Airframe hours: 972.5
- Engines: Continental O-200-D 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Air Associates Inc., doing business as Alpha Pilot Academy
- Registered owner: 7027 Foxtrot LLC.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 31, 2015
- Departed: LXT, Lee's Summit, MO
- Destination: LXT, Lee's Summit, MO
- Airport: LXT, Lee's Summit, runway 36, 4,016 × 75 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Flight instructor; age 66; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review October 30, 2014; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 3,163 total, 448.7 in this make and model, 3,000 as pilot in command, 21.5 in the last 90 days, 5.6 in the last 30 days, 1.1 in the last 24 hours
- Student pilot; age 66; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 192.8 total, 104.4 in this make and model, 20.7 as pilot in command, 10.6 in the last 90 days, 1.1 in the last 30 days, 1.1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.35 inHg
- Observed at: KLXT

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20160412002799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160412002799A), Apr 12, 2016: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Lee'S Summit, MO, Substantial damage. An instructor pilot and student pilot flew the aircraft from the johnson county executive airport (kojc) to lees Summit municipal airport (klxt). The intent of…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 17, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93008. 824 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 401 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40440200&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Record of Conversation (Kansas City Police Department Witness) (item 2, .PDF, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40440201&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Kansas%20City%20Police%20Department%20Witness)-Master.PDF
- Accident Photo (Courtesy of FAA) (item 3, .PDF, 1 photo, 361 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40440202&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.PDF

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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