- Date
- March 2, 1986, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3979LCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860302006789A
- Case key
- 34141
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The PIC was making a roundtrip flt to numerous airports across Kansas and Missouri. The owner of the aircraft was aboard for the trip which was for pleasure. The PIC had obtained weather info and was apprised of the wind conditions for his route of flt. Upon landing at Grain Valley airport, the PIC landed on one gear and the acft bounced into the air. The acft finally settled on both main gear, but when the nose gear settled the acft veered off the left side of the east west rwy. No landing gear pblm was noted after the landing. The PIC stated that after the nose gear made contact with the rwy it veered left and he was unable to correct the pblm before departing the side of the rwy. Wind was blowing from 310 degrees magnetic at 15 KTS with rpts fm the accident airport of wind gust to 22 KTS at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3979L
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17254148
- Airframe hours
- 1,920
- Engine
- Continental O-300 SER, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ronald P. Combest
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 16, 1985 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- TOP · Topeka, KS
- Destination
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas City, runway 27, 3,800 × 45 ft, asphalt
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 150 total · 60 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC, 15 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.