- Date
- September 27, 1983, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N21662Cessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830927073609A
- Case key
- 33492
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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.
Analysis
While taxiing off temporary rwy 22 the plt prematurely taxied into the taxiway leading to the air cargo ramp. In an effort to reach the general aviation ramp he turned onto a vehicle access road & the left wing struck a vehicular traffic warning sign.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21662
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17263984
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John Bass Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1983 · 75 hours before
- Departed
- MHK · Manhattan, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Kansas City International
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 100 in this make and model · 206 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N21662 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.