Probable cause
A hard landing for undetermined reasons.
NTSB analysis
The airplane was being operated as a training airplane in a university aviation program when substantial damage, consistent with a hard landing, was discovered during a maintenance inspection. The lower portion of the engine firewall, nose landing gear/firewall doubler, and floor pans near fuselage station 30 were damaged. There were no other mechanical anomalies noted that would have precluded normal aircraft operation. The time of the accident and the identification of the pilot(s) are unknown.
Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for CEN11CA104 for the full record.
Event
- Date
- Dec 2, 2010
- Type
- Accident
- Place
- Warrensburg, Missouri
- Nearest airport
- Skyhaven Airport (RCM)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
Cessna 172R
- N-number
- N465CM
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rule
- UNK
From the NTSB aviation accident database: N-registered aircraft, events since 2008, data through Oct 28, 2026. The file is published monthly, so the latest weeks are incomplete and recent records can change. The official source is the NTSB aviation investigation search. CheckAero is independent and not affiliated with the NTSB.