# NTSB MKC85LA054: Piper PA-20, N5590H, Wa Keeney, KS, January 18, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 18, 1985, 13:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Wa Keeney, KS
- Coordinates: 39.02016, -99.8694 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0202&lon=-99.8694&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33910
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33910/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA054

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - slush covered (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - snowbank
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF CENTERLINE. LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED SLUSH ON THE RWY AND THE ACFT SWERVED INTO A 2 TO 3 FT SNOWBANK ALONGSIDE THE RWY. PLT STATED, 'THE RWY WAS PLENTY CLEAR AND THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE PLANE HAD BEEN KEPT ON THE CENTER LINE OR CLOSE TO IT.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5590H](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5590H), registered now, S/N 20-653, built 1951 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-20
- Registry model: [Piper PA-20](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (registry code 7102002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20-653
- Airframe hours: 2302
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Loren F. Sizelove
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 5, 1985, 2 hours before
- Departed: OK67, LAVERNE, OK
- Destination: 7KS1, WA KEENEY, KS
- Airport: 7KS1, Wa Keeney/Trego, runway 5, 2,700 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 135 total, 35 in this make and model, 86 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GDL, 100 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 19850118001229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850118001229A), Jan 18, 1985: Piper PA20, Wakeeney, KS, Substantial damage. One main gear ran thru slush on side of runway. This pulled aircraft off the side of the runway into a snowbank..

## Other investigations on N5590H (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI00LA231](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA231), Jul 31, 2000: Piper PA-20 (N5590H), Kirksville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot failed to maintain directional control during landing.

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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