# NTSB MKC86LA003: Cessna 172, N4016F, Guilford, MO, October 5, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 5, 1985, 14:45 local (19:45 UTC)
- Place: Guilford, MO
- Coordinates: 40.159313, -94.729812 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1593&lon=-94.7298&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34098
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC86LA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34098/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86LA003

## 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)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTS THAT HE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR BROKE AND THE ACFT WENT OVER ON ITS BACK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4016F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4016F-1992-12-01), registration cancelled 1992-12-01, S/N 36916 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36916
- Airframe hours: 3950
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300-D 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Raymond Negaard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 1985, 90 hours before
- Airport: Jenson Field, runway 27, 2,200 ×  ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 267 total, 267 in this make and model, 175 as pilot in command, 23 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 64 °F

## 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 19851005049069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851005049069A), Oct 5, 1985: Cessna 172, Guilford, MO, Substantial damage. Landed hard and bounced. Touched down nose first and nose gear broke. Aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N4016F (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 DEN86FA223](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86FA223), Aug 9, 1986: Cessna 172 (N4016F), Ten Sleep, WY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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