# NTSB MKC83LA088: Piper PA-28-236, N2200Y, Kaiser, MO, April 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 10, 1983, 16:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Kaiser, MO
- Coordinates: 38.129577, -92.579498 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1296&lon=-92.5795&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33395
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33395/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA088

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - level off - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - attempted, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT THE PILOT SAID HE ENCOUNTERED A GUSTY CROSSWIND DURING LANDING. HE HAD CHECKED THE WIND SOCK PRIOR TO LANDING AND IT WAS HANGING LIMP. THE REPORTED WIND WAS 290 DEGREES AT 5 KTS GUSTING TO 15 KTS. THE PILOT HAD BOUNCED DURING TOUCHDOWN. DURING THE BOUNCE THE NOSE SHIFTED ABOUT 30 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND. THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND COLLAPSED THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER AS THE ACFT LEFT THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A FENCE AND A DITCH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2200Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2200Y), registered now, S/N 28-7911146, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-236
- Registry model: [Piper PA-28-236](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-236) (registry code 7102815) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28-79-11146
- Airframe hours: 843
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J3A50 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Phoenix Aviation
- Registered owner: Joseph S. Kolenc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, November 17, 1983, 57 hours before
- Departed: SUS, CHESTERFIELD, MO
- Destination: AIZ, KAISER, MO
- Airport: AIZ, Lee C. Fine, runway 21, 6,497 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 104 total, 7 in this make and model, 48 as pilot in command, 22 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## 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 19830410011979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830410011979A), Apr 10, 1983: Piper PA28236, Kaiser, MO, Substantial damage. Impact with runway after bounced landing collapsed the nose gear. Airplane slid off the runway into a fence.

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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