# NTSB MKC83LA047: Cessna 172, N6532F, Kearney, NE, December 31, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 31, 1982, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place: Kearney, NE
- Coordinates: 40.700595, -99.080703 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7006&lon=-99.0807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 31, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71238
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA047
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71238/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA047

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - snowbank (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6532F), registered now, S/N 17273234 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (registry code 2072434) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17273234
- Airframe hours: 1035
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821231065429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821231065429A), Dec 31, 1982: Cessna 172N, Kearney, NE, Substantial damage. Landed in a crosswind on ice covered runway. Slid off runway into a snowbank and flipped over.

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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