# NTSB MKC83LA175: Cessna 172P, N53326, Kansas City, MO, August 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 2, 1983, 11:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33457
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA175
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33457/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA175

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - flare - not obtained, pilot in command (cause)
  - landing gear,main gear - separation (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - high density altitude (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - flight control,elevator - bent (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N53326-2008-11-14), registration cancelled 2008-11-14, S/N 17274721, built 1981 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Registry model: [Cessna 172P](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (registry code 2072436) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17274721
- Airframe hours: 546
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830802038229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830802038229A), Aug 2, 1983: Cessna 172P, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Bounced on practice landing. Impact severed right gear. Returned to base. Airplane veered off runway on landing.

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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