- Date
- September 6, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grain Valley, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21489Piper PA-28-181
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840906047319A
- Case key
- 33787
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The landing gsar collapsed as a result of a hard landing in gusty wind conditions. Although the airport wind sock was tattered, sufficient wind information was available from fss and UNICOM to alert the pilot to the need for compensation on approach. The nearest wx reporting station, 18 NM sw, reported winds from 230 deg at 15 KTS gusting to 26 KTS. The FBO operator at the airport stated winds were from 200 deg with gusts to 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21489
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-181
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-7990050
- Airframe hours
- 1,810
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Key City Flyers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 4, 1984 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- CID · Cedar Rapids, IA
- Airport
- 3GV · East Kansas City, runway 23, 2,265 × 25 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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 714 total · 154 in this make and model · 601 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 15 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GVN, 18 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.
Other investigations on N21489 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.