# NTSB CHI88LA030: Cessna 337, N6255F, Kankakee, IL, November 21, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 21, 1987, 16:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place: Kankakee, IL
- Coordinates: 41.109111, -87.859992 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1091&lon=-87.8600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14021
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88LA030
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14021/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88LA030

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type operation, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - diverted attention, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
  - landing gear,nose gear - failure,total

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22 AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT WHEN HE HEARD ANOTHER PILOT TRANSMIT HE WAS ABOUT TO DEPART FROM THE SAME RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, WHILE HE WAS TURNING ON TO FINAL APPROACH, HE OBSERVED AN AIRCRAFT TAXIING TO RUNWAY 22. HE THEN MADE A RADIO CALL TO INFORM THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT OF HIS INTENTIONS. THE PILOT STATED HE KEPT HIS AIRSPEED UP ON FINAL APPROACH THINKING HE MAY NEED TO GO-AROUND. THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT HELD SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT. AS A RESULT OF THE MODIFIED APPROACH, UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED THEN STALLED ONTO THE RUNWAY. SHORTLY AFTERWARD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6255F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6255F-1991-04-26), registration cancelled 1991-04-26, S/N 3370255 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- Registry model: [Cessna 337A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337a) (registry code 2075704) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 337-0255
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-C1D 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: David J. Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 26, 1987
- Departed: C18, FRANKFORT, IL
- Destination: IKK, KANAKEE, IL
- Airport: IKK, Greater Kanakee, runway 22, 5,100 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 352 total, 52 in this make and model, 230 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 34 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MDW, 25 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871121066519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871121066519A), Nov 21, 1987: Cessna 337A, Kankakee, IL, Substantial damage. Bounced on landing. Came down on nose gear which collapsed. Skidded off runway. Pilot states a go around was needed

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.

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