Piper PA-20 N5590H

Summary

On 18 January 1985 at about 19:15 local time, a Piper PA-20 registered N5590H was involved in an accident near Wa Keeney, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 January 1985 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Wa Keeney, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Wa Keeney/Trego (7KS1)

Coordinates

39.0202, -99.8694

Aircraft

Piper PA-20

Registration

N5590H

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Laverne → Wa Keeney

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85LA054

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

ACFT TOUCHED DOWN LEFT OF CENTERLINE. LEFT MAIN GEAR CONTACTED SLUSH ON THE RWY AND THE ACFT SWERVED INTO A 2 TO 3 FT SNOWBANK ALONGSIDE THE RWY. PLT STATED, 'THE RWY WAS PLENTY CLEAR AND THE ACCIDENT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE PLANE HAD BEEN KEPT ON THE CENTER LINE OR CLOSE TO IT.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.