Cessna 172 N3599E

Summary

On 20 November 1982 at about 15:01 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N3599E, operated by Capitol Air Service Inc., was involved in an accident near Wamego, Kansas, United States. 3 people were on board and one died, 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 November 1982 at 15:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Wamego, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

39.2005, -96.2991

Aircraft

Cessna 172

Registration

N3599E

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Capitol Air Service Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Manhattan → Topeka

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA024

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

A WITNESS OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING LOW ALONG THE KANSAS RIVER FOR ABOUT 2 MI JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THAT THE ACFT WAS FLYING BELOW THE TOPS OF TREES BORDERING THE RIVER. THE TWO LOWER STRANDS OF A POWER LINE, WHICH CROSSES THE RIVER, WERE FOUND BROKEN. THE WIRES WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 40 TO 50 FT ABOVE THE WATER. THE LINES DID NOT HAVE HIGH VISIBILITY MARKERS ATTACHED NOR WERE THEY DISPLAYED ON THE CURRENT SECTIONAL AERONAUTICAL CHART.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.