# NTSB MKC86FA083: Glasair 2, N161JD, Cheney, KS, April 8, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 8, 1986, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place: Cheney, KS
- Coordinates: 37.619461, -97.78022 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6195&lon=-97.7802&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34063
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86FA083
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34063/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA083

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - weather condition - high wind
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE ACFT APPROACHED CHENEY LAKE, WEST OF WICHITA, KANSAS AT LOW ALTITUDE FROM THE SOUTHEAST.  SEVERAL WITNESSES FISHING FROM THE BANK SAW THE ACFT PASS NEAR THE CHENEY LAKE MARINA HEADING TOWARD THE LAKE. THE ACFT THEN ENTERED A SPIN AND CRASHED INTO THE LAKE ABOUT 100 YDS FROM THE SHORE. VMC WITH STRONG, GUSTY SURFACE WINDS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACDT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N161JD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161JD-2013-10-23), registration cancelled 2013-10-23, S/N 322, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GLASAIR 2
- Registry model: [Dwire James A SHA GLASAIR 2](https://openairdocs.org/model/dwire-james-a-sha-glasair-2) (registry code 05655MZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 322
- Airframe hours: 290
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: James B. Degner
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, November 5, 1985, 36 hours before
- Departed: 3KM, WICHITA, KS
- Destination: GBD, GREAT BEND, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,280 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 16 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ICT, 17 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 19860408010499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860408010499A), Apr 8, 1986: Amtr GLASAIR, Cheney, KS, Destroyed. The aircraft entered a spin and impacted a lake. Cause for the spin is undetermined.

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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