# Incident 20060920019129I: Cessna 172N, Kansas City, MO, September 20, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2006, 14:38 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734PE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N734PE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 80 total, 70 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/20060920019129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 19 AT THE CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC) KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, DURING A PERIOD OF STRONG GUSTY CROSSWINDS. THE LATEST ATIS REPORT INDICATED WINDS FROM 100 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18 KNOTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY WAS NORMAL. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN WITH A HARD LANDING AND BOUNCED. THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND ALLOWED THE AIRPLANE TO PORPOISE AS THE WIND LIFTED THE LEFT WING. A COMPLETE LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER AND BOTH WINGTIPS STRIKING THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO BOTH WINGTIPS, PROPELLER, AND THE NOSE GEAR. INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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