- Date
- July 7, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lee'S Summit, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N35073Cessna 177B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830707030829A
- Case key
- 33438
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During her initial solo flt, the student had made 2 landings. After a short briefing by her instructor, she took off for a 3rd landing. As she approached the rwy touchdown zone, an arpt grass-mowing vehicle was mowing along the approach end of the rwy. The instructor (CFI) stated the mower was circling the rwy lights as it was mowing. The student stated that the mower's close proximity to the rwy disturbed her & she pulled up. Subsequently, the acft landed hard, bounced, then swerved off the rwy & was damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35073
- Reported as
- Cessna 177B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17702189
- Airframe hours
- 1,409
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1F6D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Cloud 9 Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1982 · 75 hours before
- Airport
- K84 · Mccomas-Lee'S Summit, runway 18, 3,000 × 60 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 25 total · 25 in this make and model · 1 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.