- Date
- April 2, 1987, 09:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Topeka, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1467FCessna A185F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870402008249A
- Case key
- 34360
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The tower stated the aircraft made a hard bounce and when it touched down again, the right gear collapsed. The airplane landed on runway 3 with winds from 350 degrees at 17 knots, gusts to 32 knots. Runway 3 was the best runway to use at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1467F
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18502845
- Airframe hours
- 1,347
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Line Builders, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Line Builders Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 3KM · Wichita, KS
- Destination
- FOE · Topeka, KS
- Airport
- FOE · Forbes Field, runway 3, 8,002 × 200 ft, concrete
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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,783 total · 1,459 in this make and model · 1,459 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 315° at 17 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Observed at
- FOE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.