# NTSB MKC87LA079: Cessna 172, N118FP, Brewster, KS, April 11, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 11, 1987, 17:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Brewster, KS
- Coordinates: 39.360466, -101.37001 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3605&lon=-101.3700&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 May 9, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34363
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34363/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA079

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft

## Analysis

THE PIC RPTD VERRING LEFT AND OFF THE SIDE OF THE SOD STRIP WHERE HE WAS ATTEMPTING A LNDG. THE PIC STATED THAT THE LNDG GEAR BEGAN SINKING INTO SOFT GRND OFF THE SIDE AND THE ACFT SLOWED RAPIDLY. AFTER SLOWING THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED REARWARD FLIPPING THE ACFT INVERTED. THE PIC STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RWY ONCE HE WAS OFF TO THE SIDE IN THE SOFT GND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N118FP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17271267
- Airframe hours: 4307
- Engines: LYCOMING O-320-H2AD 160 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Tony Smith
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 28, 1987, 32 hours before
- Departed: ICT, WICHITA, KS
- Destination: BREWSTER, KS
- Airport: PVT, Hutton

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 238 total, 164 in this make and model, 207 as pilot in command, 17 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Temperature: 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GLD, 21 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 19870411009029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870411009029A), Apr 11, 1987: Cessna 172N, Brewster, KS, Substantial damage. The aircraft nosed over on landing at a private sod strip. The pilot allowed the aircraft to veer to soft ground.

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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