- Date
- November 3, 1982, 18:00 local (Nov 4, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N65685Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821103058189A
- Case key
- 71227
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 collision with object
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Became lost/disoriented - inadvertentCause
Analysis
Pilot taxiing to takeoff went on a roadway instead of a taxiway and collided with a sign post. The taxiway was marked by signs and yellow paint lines on surface where pilot became disoriented and left taxiway to follow road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65685
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17275818
- Airframe hours
- 40
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D2J, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald L. Jesse
- Registered owner
- Capitol Air Service
- Departed
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
- Destination
- TOP · Topeka, KS
- Airport
- MCI · Kansas City International
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 515 total · 71 in this make and model · 451 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Observed at
- MCI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.