19870408010009A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Kirksville, MO · April 8, 1987

Date
April 8, 1987 · 23:00 local
Place
Kirksville, MO
Airport
Kirksville Municipal
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5515Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC87LA081
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
60 total

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.

Failed to flare on a night landing and struck the runway nose wheel. First impact damaged wheel strut and firewall.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO FLARE ON A NIGHT LANDING AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY NOSE WHEEL. FIRST IMPACT DAMAGED WHEEL STRUT AND FIREWALL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.