# Incident 19780416010839I: Cessna 150, Gardner, KS, April 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1978, 11:30 local time
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Airport: Gardner
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.8068° N, 94.9567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDNER MUNI (K34), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8068&lon=-94.9567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1637Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 485 total, 270 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780416010839I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

INSTRUCTOR ALLOWED STUDENT TO SET UP HIGH SINK RATE ON FANAL. LANDED SHORT. STRUCK EMBANKMENT DAMAGING NOSE GEAR.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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