# NTSB MKC86LA194: Cessna 172M, N80282, Arkansas City, KS, September 20, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 20, 1986, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Arkansas City, KS
- Coordinates: 37.059177, -97.040237 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0592&lon=-97.0402&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA194
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34252/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA194

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT WAS LANDING ON HIS PRIVATE SOD STRIP WHICH HAD TALL GRASS ALONG THE EDGES. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, HE ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP SOME PAPERS THAT HAD FALLEN ON THE COCKPIT FLOOR. WHEN HE LOOKED BACK UP, THE ACFT HAD DRIFTED TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT WING CONTACTED TALL JOHNSON GRASS BESIDE THE STRIP, THEN THE ACFT VEERED FURTHER LEFT & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N80282](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N80282), registered now, S/N 17266493, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17266493
- Airframe hours: 736
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: C. Eldon Richardson
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 22, 1983
- Departed: 40M, SHELL KNOB, MO
- Airport: Private Strip

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 90 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 95 °F, dew point 10 °F

## 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 19860920045849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860920045849A), Sep 20, 1986: Cessna 172M, Arkansas City, KS, Substantial damage. The aircraft veered into tall grass beside the runway during landing and flipped over. Pilot inattention.

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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