- Date
- January 26, 1982, 15:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9259HCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820126002689A
- Case key
- 71405
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - icyFactor
Throttle/power control - excessiveCause
Terrain condition - snowbankFactor
Brakes(normal) - improper use ofCause
Analysis
Power was added to initiate taxiing. When the aircraft did not turn enough to the left additional power was applied and the aircraft struck a snowbank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9259H
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17266053
- Airframe hours
- 3,026
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ray Turner
- Registered owner
- Duang R. Hunsburger
- Departed
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Destination
- K84 · Lee'S Summit, MO
- Airport
- K84 · Mccomas-Lees Summit
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 765 total · 325 in this make and model · 596 as pilot in command · 57 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 135° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 77 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.