- Date
- September 28, 1986, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Joplin, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N25FHFloyd R.Harris Eagle 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860928049439A
- Case key
- 34253
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Pilot was landing rwy 22 with winds from 190 at 12. Just before touchdown, a wind gust lifted acft to right, off side of the runway. Pilot started a go-around but discovered path of flight was toward tower and terminal bldg. Pilot aborted go-around and put acft on ground. Ground path took acft into rail in front of terminal bldg.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25FH
- Reported as
- Floyd R.Harris Eagle 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0001
- Airframe hours
- 30
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd R. Harris
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- MCI · Kansas City, MO
- Airport
- JLN · Municipal, runway 22, 3,600 × 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 29 in this make and model · 59 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JLN
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.