- Date
- August 2, 1983, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53326Cessna 172P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830802038229A
- Case key
- 33457
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
On landing the aircraft touched down hard, bounced and the right main landing gear broke off. A go around was executed and the flight proceeded to Kansas City where an emergency landing was made. During landing the aircraft swerved off the runway to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53326
- Reported as
- Cessna 172P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17274721
- Airframe hours
- 546
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-D25, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Wilson Aviation Academy
- Registered owner
- Barnett Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1983 · 87 hours before
- Airport
- FAX · Fairfax Municipal, runway 35, 7,300 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 66 total · 20 in this make and model · 36 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 95 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAX
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.