# NTSB MKC83LA148: Cessna 177B, N35073, Lee'S Summit, MO, July 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 7, 1983, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Lee'S Summit, MO
- Coordinates: 38.909549, -94.380149 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9095&lon=-94.3801&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA148
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33438/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA148

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - equipment,other - improper use of, airport personnel (contributing factor)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, cruise - normal
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35073-1984-06-15), registration cancelled 1984-06-15, S/N 17702189 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 177B
- Registry model: [Cessna 177B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-177b) (registry code 2073708) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17702189
- Airframe hours: 1409
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830707030829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830707030829A), Jul 7, 1983: Cessna 177B, Lees Summit, MO, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing during first supervised solo.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.