# NTSB MKC85LA019: Cessna R172E, N13030, Junction City, KS, November 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 9, 1984, 13:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Junction City, KS
- Coordinates: 39.0209, -96.839546 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0209&lon=-96.8395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33887
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33887/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA019

## Sequence of events

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

- Undershoot, approach - vfr pattern - final approach
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - high wind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PILOT WAS EXPERIENCING COMMUNICATIONS DIFFICULTIES, DIVERTED FROM DESTINATION TO NEARBY UNCONTROLLED ARPT DUE TO TRAFFIC CONSIDERATIONS. PLT WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT UNICOM AND ELECTED TO CIRCLE FOR TRAFFIC AND WIND EVALUATION. BEST RUNWAY FOR WIND DIRECTION WAS SELECTED AND APPROACH COMMENCED. ON FINAL, PILOT NOTED RATE OF DESCENT RELATIVE TO GROUND SPEED INDICATED A STRONGER HEADWIND THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, BUT DID NOT INCREASE POWER TO COMPENSATE. TOUCH DOWN WAS SHORT OF THRESHOLD IN PLOWED AREA, CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO NOSE DOWN IN SOFT TERRAIN. AFTER DEPLANING, PILOT EVALUATED WIND AT 15-20 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13030](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13030), registered now, S/N R1720239, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R172E
- Registry model: [Cessna R172E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r172e) (registry code 2072413) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (registry code 17025, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1720239
- Airframe hours: 4967
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-D6 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Red Leg Flying Club
- Registered owner: U.S. Army
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 30, 1984, 85 hours before
- Departed: FSI, FT. SILL, OK
- Airport: 3JC, Junction City Muni, runway 23, 2,080 × 200 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 38; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 502 total, 74 in this make and model, 289 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MHK, 10 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 19841109061299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841109061299A), Nov 9, 1984: Cessna R172E, Junction City, KS, Substantial damage. Failed to add power on final and landed short in plowed field. Aircraft nosed down.

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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