- Date
- April 8, 1987, 23:00 local (Apr 9, 1987, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Kirksville, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5515QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870408010009A
- Case key
- 34365
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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.
Hard landing
Light condition - nightFactor
Flare - not attainedCause
Visual/aural perceptionFactor
Nose gear collapsed
Landing gear,nose gear - overload
Analysis
Drg a night landing, the plt did not get the acft flared before touchdown. Subsequently, it contacted the rwy with the nose wheel. Drg the occurrence, the nose gear, prop & eng fire wall were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5515Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285115
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wings Enterprises, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Departed
- STJ · St Joseph, MO
- Destination
- IRK
- Airport
- IRK · Kirksville Muni, runway 36, 6,004 × 100 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
- Age
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 60 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 360° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 73 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.