Cessna 172C accident near Grenola, KS
On February 21, 1999, a Cessna 172C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Grenola, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 21, 1999
- Place
- Grenola, KS
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.350°N, 96.439°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001205X00126
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 20, 1999, at 2015 central standard time (cst), a Cessna 172C, N1831Y, operated by a commercial pilot, was destroyed when while maneuvering on base leg for landing to the south at Liebau Airstrip (45KS), the airplane impacted the terrain. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. There was no flight plan on file. The pilot and passenger on board the airplane sustained fatal injuries. The cross-country flight originated at Goodland, Kansas, at 1630 mountain standard time (mst), and was en route to Grenola, Kansas. According to his son, the pilot and his wife had flown to Laramie, Wyoming, to attend the funeral of his wife's mother. They were returning to their ranch at Grenola, Kansas, on the day of the accident. The son said that they took off from Laramie at approximately 1430 mst. A flight instructor for Cowboy Aviation, Laramie Regional Airport, Laramie, Wyoming, said that the pilot came into Cowboy Aviation on the afternoon of February 20, 1999, just before he and his wife departed. The pilot paid his hanger bill and contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Service Station at Casper, Wyoming. The flight instructor said that the pilot obtained a weather briefing. A credit card receipt from Cowboy Aviation, dated February 20, 1999, at 1418 mst, showed that the pilot purchased 18.4 gallons of fuel. A witness at Renner Field/Goodland Municipal Airport, Goodland, Kansas said that the pilot came into Butterfly Aviation, the fixed bas
Probable cause
loss of control in flight due to incapacitation.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
