# NTSB MKC85FCQ03: Cessna 172RG, N7190C, Wichita, KS, June 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: June 4, 1985, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Coordinates: 37.650016, -97.430496 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6500&lon=-97.4305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33864
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85FCQ03
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33864/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85FCQ03

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH A CUSHMAN SCOOTER DURING TAXI. A WITNESS STATED THAT WHEN THE SCOOTER DRIVER 'LOOKED UP' I SAW THE ACFT TAXIING, HE MADE A HARD RT TURN WHICH THREW HIM OFF. THE SCOOTER DRIVER AND SCOOTER WERE STRUCK SEPARATELY BY THE ACFT. THE SCOOTER HIT THE PASS'G SIDE OF THE ACFT BEHIND THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE DRIVER ROLLED UNDER THE ACFT AND THE ACFT ROLLED OVER HIM. THE VICTIM DIED ABOUT 2 HRS AFTER THE MISHAP. THE SCOOTERS APPROACH TO THE ACFT HAD BEEN MADE AT ABOUT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE FROM THE RIGHT REAR OF THE ACFT WHICH MADE IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE PLT TO SEE THE VEHICHLE. THE 1ST INDICATION THE PLT HAD WAS THE NOISE OF THE IMPACT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7190C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7190C-1989-03-16), registration cancelled 1989-03-16, S/N 690 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Registry model: [Cessna 172RG](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (registry code 2072438) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 690
- Airframe hours: 612
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Cessna Aircraft Co.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, August 17, 1984, 172 hours before
- Departed: CEA, WICHITA, KS
- Destination: ICT, WICHITA, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 8,070 total, 400 in this make and model, 7,925 as pilot in command, 55 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT

## 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 19850604022309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850604022309A), Jun 4, 1985: Cessna 172RG, Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Motor scooter collided with taxiing aircraft after rider was thrown off. Main gear may have run over deceased.

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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