# NTSB MKC87LA142: Cessna 172, N6603H, Kansas City, MO, July 19, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 19, 1987, 17:02 local (22:02 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.09037, -94.580558 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0904&lon=-94.5806&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 25, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34415
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA142
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34415/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA142

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - instructions,written/verbal - not understood, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of familiarity with geographic area, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - sign (contributing factor)
  - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

AFTER LNDG, THE PIC WAS CLRD TO TAXI TO THE G/A RAMP. HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE NEW G/A RAMP & PROCEEDED TOWARD THE OLD RAMP. HE SAW A LARGE ACFT COMING FROM THE OPPOSITE DRCTN ON THE SAME TWY, SO HE MODIFIED HIS ROUTE BY SELECTING ANOTHER WAY. MISTAKENLY, HE SELECTED A VEHICULAR ROAD. AFTER HE WAS ON THE ROAD, HE REALIZED THE SITUATION & PROCEEDED TO THE NEXT INTERSECTION. HOWEVER, AFTER TRAVELING A SHORT DISTANCE, THE ACFT'S RGT WING HIT A STEEL SIGN, WHICH THE PLT HAD NOT SEEN. ON 4/22/87 (DATE OF LAST FLT MED), THE PLT RPRTD HE HAD A TOTAL FLT TIME OF 320 HRS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6603H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6603H-1993-09-13), registration cancelled 1993-09-13, S/N 17265505 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (registry code 2072418) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17265505
- Airframe hours: 1996
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-E2D 150 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: K. State Flying Club
- Registered owner: K.S. Flying Club Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 2, 1987
- Departed: MHK, MANHATTAN, KS
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: MCI, Kansas City Intl, runway 19, 10,801 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 320 total, 19 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 18 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 93 °F, dew point 77 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCI

## 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 19870719038749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870719038749A), Jul 19, 1987: Cessna 172M, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. A wing struck a large sign while taxiing on a vehicle access road by mistake. No signs to warn pilots. Later posted

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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