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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Worley Dennis SONEX · Gardner, KS · June 18, 2011

Date
June 18, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
Gardner, KS
Airport
Gardner Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N563
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN11CA411
Reported as
Worley Dennis Sonex
Reported engine
Volkswagen CONVERSION
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
300 total118 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft departed johnson county executive airport (kojc) in olathe, KS, enroute to Gardner Municipal Airport (K34) in Gardner, KS. On the approach into K34, runway 08, the aircraft contacted the ground about 200 feet short of the runway. Before contacting the ground, the aircraft struck a wood sign next to a barbed-wire fence, then touched down approximatley 30 feet past the sign, and skidded for approximatly 100 feet to a stop approximatly 80 feet from the end of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KOJC) IN OLATHE, KS, ENROUTE TO GARDNER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (K34) IN GARDNER, KS. ON THE APPROACH INTO K34, RUNWAY 08, THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. BEFORE CONTACTING THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WOOD SIGN NEXT TO A BARBED-WIRE FENCE, THEN TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATLEY 30 FEET PAST THE SIGN, AND SKIDDED FOR APPROXIMATLY 100 FEET TO A STOP APPROXIMATLY 80 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.