# Accident 20030514013899A: Cessna R172K, Kirksville, MO, May 14, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2003, 18:15 local time
- Place: Kirksville, MO
- Airport: Kirksville Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0936° N, 92.5450° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0936&lon=-92.5450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9908V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9908V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R172K (registry code 2072431, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172K
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 535 total, 392 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030514013899A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AS HE ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR RUNWAY 18, AT KIRKSVILLE, MO (IRK) WHEN HE EXPERIENCED "EXTREME VERTICAL TURBULENCE." THE IRK ASOS REPORTED, AT 1755 CDT, THE WIND FROM 320 DEGREES AT 23 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 34 KNOTS. THE PILOT REPORTED GREAT DIFFICULTY FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE DOWNWIND LEG OF HIS PATTERN. THE PILOT CONTINUED WITH THE LANDING AND UPON TOUCHDOWN, HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT BEFORE THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE REPORTED, "I COULD SEE THAT I WOULD BE UNABLE TO STOP BY THE TIME I REACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY. I ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY BECAUSE THERE WERE NO OBSTRUCTIONS THERE." THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE TERRAIN AS IT STOPPED. THE PROPELLER ALSO STRUCK THE TERRAIN WHILE THE ENGINE WAS AT IDLE. THE RIGHT ELEVATOR AND TRIM TAB WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 CHI03LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA135), May 14, 2003: Cessna R172K (N9908V), Kirksville, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper in-flight decision to land with a tailwind and failure to perform an aborted landing, resulting in the pilots decision to control the aircraft off of the right edge of the runway…

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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