- Date
- December 31, 1982, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Kearney, NE
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6532FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821231065429A
- Case key
- 71238
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - icyFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Aborted landing - performed
Go-around - initiated
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbankFactor
Analysis
Pilot landed on icy runway and started to swerve. Go-around was initiated. Before aircraft could takeoff it collided with a snow bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6532F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273234
- Airframe hours
- 1,035
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midway Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Midway Aviation, Inc.
- Departed
- EAR · Kearney, NE
- Destination
- EAR · Kearney, NE
- Airport
- EAR · Municipal, runway 18, 7,092 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 54 total · 15 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.