# Incident 19960423013659I: Cessna A152, Kansas City, MO, April 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 1996, 16:56 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4717A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4717A-1998-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A152 (registry code 2071836, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28 total, 28 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960423013659I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 26, 1996, MR. ROBERT HECTOR HELLEBUYCK, A STUDENT PILOT, OPERATED CESSNA A 152, N4717A, AT KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKEOFF AND LANDING PROFICIENCY. AT APPROXIMATELY 1656CDT, ON HIS SIXTH LANDING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 19, HE LANDED VERY HARD CAUSING THE NOSE WHEEL TO BEND BACK WHICH RESULTED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE ON THE RUNWAY. MR. HELLEBUYCK TAXIED CLEAR OF RUNWAY 19 AT ECHO TAXIWAY AND INFORMED MKC ATCT THAT HE HAD A NOSE GEAR PROBLEM. HE WAS TOWED CLEAR OF THE TAXIWAY TO THE RAMP AREA. A POST-INCIDENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE MOUNT, NOSEWHEEL FORK, NOSEWHEEL AND PROPELLER. AN ANALYSIS OF THIS DAMAGE INDICATED THAT THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A VERY HARD LANDING WITH HIGH SIDE LOADS TO THE RIGHT. MR. HELLEBUYCK ADMITTED TO THE REPORTING INSPECTOR THAT HE HAD A HARD LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THIS INCIDENT REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N4717A (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19880128002069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880128002069A), Jan 28, 1988: Cessna 152 (N4717A), Ottawa, KS, Substantial damage. Student bounced and porpoised the aircraft on landing from a solo crosscountry flight.

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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