# NTSB MKC83LA198: Cessna C-152, N67544, Kansas City, MO, August 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 21, 1983, 19:05 local (Aug 22, 1983, 00:05 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.03009, -94.630416 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0301&lon=-94.6304&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33475
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33475/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA198

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
  - level off - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67544-2013-08-23), registration cancelled 2013-08-23, S/N 15281903, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA C-152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281903
- Airframe hours: 1415
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830821043259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830821043259A), Aug 21, 1983: Cessna 152, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Student pilot made hard landing causing substantial damage during supervised solo flight.

## Other investigations on N67544 (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 ATL97LA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL97LA037), Feb 6, 1997: Cessna 152 (N67544), Key West, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, and the abrupt maneuver that resulted in an aerodynamic stall. A factor was the pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the power lines.

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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