# NTSB MKC83LA029: Cessna 172M, N64029, Warrenburg, MO, November 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 17, 1982, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Warrenburg, MO
- Coordinates: 38.749034, -93.720809 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7490&lon=-93.7208&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72959
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72959/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA029

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, taxi - from landing
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flight controls - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, taxi - from landing

## Analysis

PILOT HAD TO TAXI 4000 FEET ON RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, HIT GROUND, AND NOSED OVER DURING THIS TIME. ONE WITNESS SAID AIRCRAFT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS TAKING OFF & STALLED. PILOT SAID HE WAS ONLY GOING 20 MPH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N64029](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64029-1983-04-28), registration cancelled 1983-04-28, S/N 17264975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17264975
- Airframe hours: 1367
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: James W. Hankins
- Registered owner: James W. Hankins
- Departed: C, GRAIN VALLEY, MO
- Destination: C, WARRENSBURG, MO
- Airport: 9K4, Skyhaven, runway 18, 3,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 184 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 900 ft broken
- Temperature: 100 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

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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