# Accident 20040515010289A: Cessna 172C, Fort Leavenwort, KS, May 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 15, 2004, 14:30 local time
- Place: Fort Leavenwort, KS
- Airport: Sherman Aaf
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3683° N, 94.9147° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3683&lon=-94.9147&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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA121) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040515010289A

## Narrative

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

(-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 PATTERN WHILE THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS. ON HIS SECOND LANDING HE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR, WENT AROUND AND LANDED A THIRD TIME. AFTER SHUTDOWN HE NOTICED THE BENT PROPELLER AND WRINKLED FUSELAGE AFT OF THE FIREWALL. THE PILOT HAD FLOWN ONLY A FEW HOURS SINCE HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECKRIDE IN AUGUST OF 2003. PILOT INDUCED.

## 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 CHI04CA121](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04CA121), May 15, 2004: Cessna 172C (N1806Y), Fort Leavenwort, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate flare by the pilot.

## Other reports on N1806Y (1)

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

- [Accident 19981114031449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981114031449A), Nov 14, 1998: Cessna 172C (N1806Y), Falls City, NE, Substantial damage. 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…

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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