# NTSB MKC86LA178: Cessna 172, N3791R, Emporia, KS, August 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 26, 1986, 08:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place: Emporia, KS
- Coordinates: 38.410388, -96.190658 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4104&lon=-96.1907&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34239
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA178
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34239/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA178

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, taxi
  - physical impairment(other cardiovascular), pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, taxi
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS FOUND STOPPED IN AN OPEN FIELD HAVING PENETRATED THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE EMPORIA AIRPORT PROPERTY. THE ACFT ENG WAS STILL RUNNING WHEN RESCUERS APPROACHED THE LOCATION. FORCED ENTRY WAS MADE INTO THE ACFT TO SHUT THE ENG DOWN AND RESCUE THE PIC. CARDIO PULMONARY RESUSCITATION WAS ATTEMPTED AND THE PIC WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE PIC WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL. SUBSEQUENT PATHOLOGY INDICATED THE PIC DIED OF AN ACUTE HEMORRHAGE INTO AND RUPTURE OF A PLAQUE AND FLOPPY MITRAL VALVE, NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SUDDEN DEATH. AUTOPSY DISCLOSED NO ADDITIONAL FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEATH. THE PIC WAS BEING TREATED FOR HYPERTENSION ANDHAD BEEN USING 250 MG DAILY DOSAGE OF DIURAL MEDICATION AS PART OF HIS TREATMENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3791R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3791R-2020-07-22), registration cancelled 2020-07-22, S/N 17255591, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17255591
- Airframe hours: 4323
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Westwind Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 19, 1986, 51 hours before
- Departed: EMP, EMPORIA, KS

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 314 total, 70 in this make and model, 223 as pilot in command, 1 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: EMP, 25 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).

- [Incident 19860826081309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860826081309I), Aug 26, 1986: Cessna 172H, Emporia, KS, Minor damage. After erratic taxi across the midfield, aircraft ran off runway and into a fence. Pilot had a fatal heart attack.

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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