Cessna 501 N2627U

Summary

On 12 November 1982 at about 20:04 local time, a Cessna 501 registered N2627U, operated by Cessna Aircraft Company, was involved in an accident near Wichita, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

12 November 1982 at 20:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Mid Continent (ICT)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 501

Registration

N2627U

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Cessna Aircraft Company

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wichita → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC83FA019

Nobody was injured.

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 NON-PILOT MECHANIC EMPLOYED AT THE MANUFACTURER'S FACILITY TOOK OFF IN THE ACFT. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED ENTERING A VERY STEEP CLIMB & APPEARED TO STALL. THE NOSE WAS LOWERED & THE ACFT TURNED LEFT & ENTERED A DOWNWIND LEG TO RWY 1R. IT THEN TURNED ONTO A LOW BASE LEG & CONTINUED TO A VERY LOW FINAL. AFTER SEVERAL OSCILLATIONS IN ROLL THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN 557 FT SHORT OF THE RWY & COLLIDED WITH APPROACH LIGHT STANCHIONS. THE MECHANIC HAD BEEN & WAS, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, UNDER PSYCHIATRIC CARE(SCHIZOPHRENIA).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.