- Date
- August 21, 1983, 19:05 local (Aug 22, 1983, 00:05 UTC)
- Place
- Kansas City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N67544Cessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830821043259A
- Case key
- 33475
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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.
Hard landing
Landing gear,nose gear - overloadFactor
Level off - misjudgedCause
Remedial action - improperCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The student pilot had made 3 solo touch and go landings. On the 4th landing the aircraft floated and then landed nose gear first. The nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67544
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281903
- Airframe hours
- 1,415
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviair Flight Systems, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Don. S. Simpson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 22, 1983 · 323 hours before
- Airport
- MKC · Kansas City Downtown, runway 18, 7,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N67544Registration cancelled Aug 23, 2013 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 27 total · 27 in this make and model · 61 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 100 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N67544 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.