# NTSB MKC86LA104: Cessna 175, N7027M, Louisburg, KS, May 11, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1986, 20:00 local (May 11, 1986, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Louisburg, KS
- Coordinates: 38.617396, -94.679552 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6174&lon=-94.6796&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34172
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34172/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA104

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, cruise - normal
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)
  - low pass - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - pull-up - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING A FLY-BY OVER A PVT AIRSTRIP OWNED BY THE PLT, THE ACFT CONTACTED POWER LINES BORDERING THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRSTRIP WHICH THE PLT STATED HE FORGOT ABOUT. THE PLT REPORTED HE FAILED TO PULL UP DURING THE OVER FLY AND FLEW UNDER THE POWER LINES. THE ACFT STRUCK THE LINES WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS. THE ACFT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE FLIGHT TO ANOTHER PVT AIRSTRIP WHERE A LANDING WAS PERFORMED. THE PLT'S PVT AIRSTRIP WAS RECENTLY SEEDED AND THE PLT WAS OBSERVING THE RWY SURFACE FROM THE AIR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7027M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7027M-2017-10-31), registration cancelled 2017-10-31, S/N 55327, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 55327
- Airframe hours: 1286
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GO-300-A 175 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Jim Kapeller
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 12, 1985
- Departed: K34, GARDNER, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 172 total, 170 in this make and model, 125 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: OJC, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860510017639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860510017639A), May 10, 1986: Cessna 175, Louisburg, KS, Substantial damage. Made a low pass over his new Private runway and struck power lines. Damage to vertical and horizontal stabilizer.

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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