39.1481° N, 94.5997° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at Fairfax Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
May 3, 1978 · 10:00 local
Place
Kansas City, KS
Airport
Fairfax
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N55222
Reported as
Piper PA28R200
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Landed with unsafe nose gear indication. Found broken switch mounting bracket.
As the FAA filed it
LANDED WITH UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. FOUND BROKEN SWITCH MOUNTING BRACKET.