Mazzon DRAGONFLY N821KM
11 June 2005 · Garden City, Kansas, United States · Minor injuries
Summary
On 11 June 2005 at about 22:38 local time, a Mazzon DRAGONFLY registered N821KM was involved in an accident near Garden City, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 22:38
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Garden City, Kansas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Garden City Regional (GCK)
- Coordinates
- 37.9275, -100.7244
- Aircraft
- Mazzon DRAGONFLY
- Registration
- N821KM
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Garden City → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI05LA137
People
1 person had minor injuries.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Probable cause
The student pilot's failure to maintain a proper glidepath during landing and his misjudged flare which resulted in the hard landing and subsequent failure of the nose landing gear. Factors were the aborted landing performed by the pilot and the degradation in climb performance due to the propeller strike.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was damaged during a forced landing to a field. The pilot reported that while executing a landing at an airport, he landed at too steep of an angle which caused the propeller to strike the ground. The pilot then executed an aborted landing. He stated that he was able to gain about 500 feet of altitude when he "lost thrust" and executed a forced landing into a bean field about 1/2 mile from the runway. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical failures. The pilot possessed a student pilot certificate, but did not have a solo endorsement for the accident airplane make and model. On-scene examination revealed that the nose landing gear had broken off during the landing attempt at the airport.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2005 | Cessna T210N | Smith Center, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 May 2005 | Cessna 150F | Neodesha, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 2005 | Weatherly 620B | Downs, Kansas, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Jul 2005 | Cessna 210E | La Gygne, Kansas, United States | Dale Q. Walkup | No injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 2005 | Interstate S-1A-90F | Lancaster, Kansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jul 2005 | Yonchak SKYBOLT | El Dorado, Kansas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |