# Accident 19870402008249A: Cessna A185F, Topeka, KS, April 2, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 1987, 09:10 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Forbes Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9654° N, 95.6620° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9654&lon=-95.6620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1467F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1467F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A185F (registry code 2072821, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a185f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A185F
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,783 total, 1,459 in this make and model, 48 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC87LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870402008249A

## Narrative

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

THE PLANE LANDED HARD AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING LANDING IN A 32 KNOT CROSSWIND.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC87LA074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA074), Apr 2, 1987: Cessna A185F (N1467F), Topeka, KS, substantial damage

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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