# Incident 19970727027379I: Nancng CJ6A, Kokomo, IN, July 27, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1997, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kokomo, IN
- Airport: Kokomo Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5277° N, 86.0597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KOKOMO MUNI (OKK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5277&lon=-86.0597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4183E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4183E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nanchang China CJ-6A (registry code 056183N, https://openairdocs.org/model/nanchang-china-cj-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NANCNG CJ6A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,060 total, 500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970727027379I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. KELLEY STATED HE INTENDED TO FLY HIS CJ-6A FROM HIS PRIVATE AIRPORT, BRADFORD FIELD, NC TO OSHKOSH, WIS. WITH FUEL STOPS AT LONDON, KY AND KOKOMO, IND. HE SAID HE OBTAINED A WEATHER BRIEFING IN NC. AND AGAIN IN LONDON, KY. FSS INDICATED NO SEVERE WEATHER ON HIS ROUTE OF FLIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES SOUTH OF KOKOMO MR. KELLEY BEGAN NOTICING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG HIS FLIGHT PATH BUT HE STATED HE WAS ABLE TO REMAIN ON COURSE. MR. KELLEY STATED HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT KOKOMO UNICOM 12 MILES S. OF THE AIRPORT AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE FBO. HOWEVER HE HEARD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT STATING HIS INTENTIONS TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23 AT KOKOMO. AS HE APPROACHED THE AIRPORT MR. KELLEY STATED HE ENTERED HEAVY RAIN BUT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN GROUND CONTACT. HE THEN NOTICED HE WAS OVER THE AIRPORT AND THE WINDSOCK INDICATED THE WIND WAS DIRECTLY DOWN RWY 32. MR. KELLEY FURTHER STATED THAT CONSIDERING THE DETERIORATING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND THE GUSTING WINDS AND TURBULENCE HIS BEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS TO LAND ON RWY 32 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HE STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND THE AIRCRAFT FELT AS IF IT HAD SLOWED ACCORDINGLY. HE STATED THAT HIS GROUND SPEED ON  HIS LORAN INDICATED 72 KNOTS. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE TURNED FINAL HE REALIZED THAT HE WAS CLOSE TO THE RUNWAY AND HIGH FAST BUT CONSIDERING THE WEATHER HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH. HE STATED THAT HE BECAME ENGROSSED IN FLYING THE AIRCRAFT AND FAILED TO NOTICE THE SEVERAL INDICATIONS THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. A GEAR UP LANDING WAS MADE WITH VERY LITTLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. WHEN MR. KELLEY WAS ASKED IF HE HAD CONSIDERED HOLDING TO THE WEST OF KOKOMO TO LET THE WEATHER PASS HE STATED THAT HE BECAME INTENT UPON LANDING, HOWEVER TEN MINUTES AFTER THE GEAR UP LANDING THE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OFF AND THE SKIES HAD CLEARED.

## Other reports on N4183E (2)

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

- [Incident 19930328012859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930328012859I), Mar 28, 1993: Amtr CJ6A (N4183E), Kershaw, SC. Engine quit in flight . Forced landing in field. Engine vertical shaft which turns oil and fuel pumps had broken.
- [Incident 19920412021089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920412021089I), Apr 12, 1992: Amtr CJ6A (N4183E), Fort Benning Co, GA. Engine roughness en route. Emergency landing at ft Benning. Obstruction found in fuel vent.

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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