- Date
- January 1, 1986, 18:10 local (Jan 2, 1986, 00:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N733NFCessna 172N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860101006839A
- Case key
- 34123
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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
The pilot had been at this airport 31 times since 1979. During his taxi to takeoff for a night flight, he mistook a service road for a taxiway. He taxied past one sign without seeing it but struck the second one. This is the third documented accident at this site since 1982.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N733NF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17268414
- Airframe hours
- 2,107
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence Flying Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 27, 1985
- Destination
- 3LA · Lawrence, KS
- Airport
- MCI · 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 403 total · 102 in this make and model · 378 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 220° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N733NF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.