Cessna 172N accident near Wichita, KS
On May 6, 2001, a Cessna 172N (airplane) was involved in an accident near Wichita, KS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 6, 2001
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Aircraft
- Cessna 172N · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.651°N, 97.429°W
- NTSB ID
- 20010510X00923
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 6, 2001, at 1540 central daylight time, a Cessna 172N, N733RK, operated by a commercial pilot, was destroyed when it struck a power line and then impacted on to a drag-racing track, 5 miles north of the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (ICT), Wichita, Kansas. A post crash fire ensued. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The instructional flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 without a flight plan. The instructor pilot and dual student on board the airplane were fatally injured. The local flight departed Colonel James Jabara Airport (3KM), Wichita, Kansas, approximately 1405. At 1408:42, N733RK contacted the ICT Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) and said they were west-northwest bound out of the Jabara Airport at 2,500 feet msl, and that they would like to go out to Chaney (a state park west of Wichita) by the west practice area. The east radar position local controller (LC) cleared N733RK as requested and instructed them to maintain 3,000 feet msl. At 1410:56, the east radar position LC told N733RK to contact approach control on radio frequency 126.7 megahertz. N733RK acknowledged and checked in on the new frequency. Between 1411 and 1454, ICT ATCT made several radio calls to N733RK advising them of other aircraft traffic in their area. At approximately 1425:46, ICT radar showed N733RK begin to maneuver in the practice area. At 1440:35, N733RK responded to an ICT ATCT traffic advisory with, "We're practicing some ... simulated engine failures out here ..." At 1454:57
Probable cause
the student pilot not maintaining clearance from the tower support wire during the practice emergency landing maneuver and the instructor pilot's inadequate supervision of the student pilot. Factors relating to the accident were the static wire and the low altitude.
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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.
