- Date
- August 27, 1986, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Junction City, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5969WPiper PA-28-150C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860827086579A
- Case key
- 34240
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The c.f.I. Stated that this flight was to be an aircraft checkout of another instructor. After some air work they proceeded to a nearby airport to practice takeoffs and landings. While on final approach for a practice short field landing the aircraft ush-stalled and landed hard, short of the runway, shearing off the nose wheel and nosing over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5969W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-150C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-3957
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sky High Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- MHK · Manhattan, KS
- Destination
- 3JC · Junction City, KS
- Airport
- 3JC · Junction City Municipal, runway 36, 3,500 × 75 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 990 total · 2 in this make and model · 701 as pilot in command · 84 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FRI, 4 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 N5969W · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.