# NTSB MKC72DCG58: Cessna 172, N6892A, Stover, MO, June 3, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 3, 1972
- Place: Stover, MO · STOVER, MO
- Location: 38.4418° N, 92.9901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stover, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4418&lon=-92.9901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 15, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC72DCG58
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC72DCG58

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1960   72/6/3    STOVER,MO           CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 484
        TIME - 1945                    N6892A              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 232 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - IVY BEND
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          STOVER,MO                   INDEPENDENCE,MO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: ABORTED
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL GROUND-WATER-LOOP-SWERVE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- HIT DIP IN RWY,BECAME AIRBORNE PREMATURELY. PLT ABORTED TOO LATE,SWERVED TO AVOID OBSTACLES.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6892A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6892A-2013-11-12), registration cancelled 2013-11-12, S/N 28992, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ivy Bend

## Other investigations on N6892A (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC78FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA029), Mar 19, 1978: Cessna 172 (N6892A), Leawood, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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