# Accident 19981114031449A: Cessna 172C, Falls City, NE, November 14, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1998, 12:00 local time
- Place: Falls City, NE
- Airport: Brenner Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0598° N, 95.5908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0598&lon=-95.5908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1806Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1806Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172C (registry code 2072408, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172C
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981114031449A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS (-23) ON NOVEMBER 14, 1998, AT 1130 CST, A CESSNA 172C, N1806Y, OPERATED BY STEVEN R. WEST, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A HARD LANDING AT BRENER FIELD (FNB) FALL CITY, NEBRASKA. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, AT APPROXIMATELY 1050 FROM RUNWAY 15. ONCE IN THE FALL CITY NEBRASKA AREA, FOUR UNSUCCESSFUL LANDING ATTEMPTS WERE MADE AT BRENNER FIELD. MR. WEST THEN RETURNED TO SHERMAN ARMY AIRFIELD (FLV) FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, AND SECURED THE AIRCRAFT. ON NOVEMBER 15, 1998, SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED TO THE AIRCRAFT. STUDENT HAS BEEN COUNSELED. FSDO WILL CONDUCT REEXAMINATION OF CFI.

## 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 CHI99LA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA030), Nov 14, 1998: Cessna 172C (N1806Y), Falls City, NE, substantial damage. Probable cause: the flight instructor (on the ground)'s conducting inadequate initial training of the student pilot. Factors were the student pilot's misjudging the flare and his lack of total experience in the type…

## Other reports on N1806Y (1)

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

- [Accident 20040515010289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040515010289A), May 15, 2004: Cessna 172C (N1806Y), Fort Leavenwort, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) The wind was aligned with the runway, but gusting from 10 to 20 knots causing minor wind shear on final approach and moderate turbulence in the traffic…

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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