# Accident 20050611012249A: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Garden City, KS, June 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2005, 17:38 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821KM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821KM-2014-11-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mazzon Mark A DRAGONFLY (registry code 05644FM, https://openairdocs.org/model/mazzon-mark-a-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 3 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050611012249A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ATTEMPTING A LANDING AT GARDEN CITY, KS, N821KM, AN AMATEUR BUILT DRAGONFLY, STRUCK THE RUNWAY NOSE FIRST, CAUSING THE PROPELLER TO SHATTER AND THE NOSE GEAR TO DEPART THE AIRPLANE. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND AND FLEW APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS OFF THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY BEFORE LANDING IN A FIELD.

## 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 CHI05LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA137), Jun 11, 2005: Mazzon Dragonfly (N821KM), Garden City, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath during landing and his misjudged flare which resulted in the hard landing and subsequent failure of the nose landing gear. Factors were the…

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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