# NTSB MKC82DA157: Cessna T337C, N2600S, Garden City, KS, August 5, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1982, 19:15 local (Aug 5, 1982, 00:15 UTC)
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Coordinates: 37.969364, -100.859413 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9694&lon=-100.8594&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70806
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA157
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70806/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA157

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
  - level off - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,tire - failure,total
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 17 WITH A TAIL WIND OF ABOUT 10 KNOTS. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL, BUT AFTER ROLLING A SHORT DISTANCE, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THEN SWERVED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER LEAVING THE HARD SURFACE, THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED AFT AND THE FUSELAGE WAS DAMAGED. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT SERVICE STATION RECORDS, NO RADIO CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PILOT PRIOR TO LANDING. A WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE PLANE LANDED DOWNWIND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE NOSEWHEEL BLEW OUT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2600S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2600S-1990-03-28), registration cancelled 1990-03-28, S/N 3370900 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T337C
- Registry model: [Cessna T337C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t337c) (registry code 2075714) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3370900
- Airframe hours: 1178
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-360-A/B 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Lynn A. Byson
- Registered owner: Kirk Schade
- Departed: PVU, PROVO, UT
- Destination: GLD, GOODLAND, KS
- Airport: GCK, Garden City Muni, runway 17, 6,000 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 87 total, 61 in this make and model, 22 as pilot in command, 87 in the last 90 days, 85 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 13 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GCK

## 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 19820804041219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820804041219A), Aug 4, 1982: Cessna T337C, Garden City, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot landed downwind, nose wheel blew out causing nose wheel to collapse.

## Other investigations on N2600S (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 MKC87FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87FA064), Mar 21, 1987: Cessna T337C (N2600S), Garden City, KS, substantial damage

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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