# NTSB MKC83LA015: Cessna 172P, N65685, Kansas City, MO, November 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 3, 1982, 18:00 local (Nov 4, 1982, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.210899, -94.630531 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2109&lon=-94.6305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 3, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71227
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71227/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA015

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17275818
- Airframe hours: 40
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 54; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821103058189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821103058189A), Nov 3, 1982: Cessna 172P, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft wing struck unlighted sign when pilot taxied onto a access road during hours of darkness.

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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