# Accident 20110618011349A: Worley Dennis SONEX, Gardner, KS, June 18, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 2011, 10:00 local time
- Place: Gardner, KS
- Airport: Gardner Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8067° N, 94.9561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8067&lon=-94.9561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N563, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N563) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Worley Dennis SONEX (registry code 056153Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/worley-dennis-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WORLEY DENNIS SONEX
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 118 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA411) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110618011349A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 CEN11CA411](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA411), Jun 18, 2011: Worley Dennis Sonex (N563), Gardner, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain a proper glide path during the visual approach.

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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