- Date
- February 13, 1982, 14:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7947ZCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820213005039A
- Case key
- 70862
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.
Analysis
The pilot was attempting to taxi his aircraft back to its tiedown space through 6 to 8 inches of snow. While maintaining clearance on an aircraft on his right the left wing tip struck the tail of a Cessna 140.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7947Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15060047
- Airframe hours
- 1,858
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James R. Booker
- Registered owner
- James R. Booker
- Departed
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Destination
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas City
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 430 total · 390 in this make and model · 381 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.