# NTSB MKC84LA085: Cessna 150L, N10144, Ft Riley, KS, February 25, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 25, 1984, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place: Ft Riley, KS
- Coordinates: 38.899871, -95.809669 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8999&lon=-95.8097&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): 33639
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84LA085
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33639/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84LA085

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in kind of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - design stress limits of aircraft - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT STATED HE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND IMPACTED THE RWY AGAIN, COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N10144](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10144), registered now, S/N 15074807, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 150 74807
- Airframe hours: 1433
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200 A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ft Riley Flying Club
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 25, 1984, 111 hours before
- Departed: HYS, HAYS, KS
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: FRI, Marshall Field, runway 4, 4,500 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; student; instrument ratings: helicopter; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 483 total, 11 in this make and model, 330 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 14 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 52 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MHK, 7 nm away

## 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 19840225006209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840225006209A), Feb 25, 1984: Cessna 150L, Ft Riley, KS, Substantial damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing. Impact collapsed the nose gear and damaged the prop and wings.

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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