Cessna 150M accident near Kansas City, Missouri, January 24, 1987
On January 24, 1987 at about 10:30 pm local time, a Cessna 150M, registered N671HA, was substantially damaged in an accident near Kansas City, Missouri (Richard Gebaur airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was conditions the NTSB did not record.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- January 24, 1987 · about 10:30 pm local time
- Place
- Kansas City, Missouri · Richard Gebaur · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- conditions the NTSB did not record
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150M · all 150Ms on the register
- Registration
- N671HA · registry record · serial 1507505
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE STUDENT PLT RPTD COLLIDING WITH A PARKED FUEL TRUCK DURING TAXI ON 1/24/87. INSPECTION OF THE ACFT REVEALED ONLY MINOR LEADING EDGE SKIN DAMAGE TO THE RT WING. THE ACFT WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER TRNG FLTS. THE ACFT OPERATED FOR MORE THAN A WK WITH NO ONE MENTIONING ANY ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. DURING THE 1ST WK OF FEB THE ACFT OWNER RPTD FINDING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. THE STU PLT & HIS INSTRUCTOR RE-EXAMINED THE ACFT AND FOUND MORE DAMAGE TO THE RT WING LEADING EDGE AND ALSO A BUCKLED WING SKIN PANEL NEAR THE FLAP JUST OUTBOARD OF THE FUSELAGE. THE STU PLT IS ALSO A CERTIFIED A&P MECHANIC. IT WAS NOT DETERMINED HOW OR WHEN THIS ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED BY THE ACFT.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Medical certificate: Unknown
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,749 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, January 12, 1987
- Maximum gross weight: 1,600 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental O-200-A (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: R. G. School Of Aviation
The flight
- Flight plan: not recorded
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: not reported
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; not recorded
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number MKC87LA046.