Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Kirksville Regional Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Kirksville, Missouri 63501
Wednesday, May 14, 2003 18:00 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
The airplane sustained substantial damage when it ran off the runway while landing. At the time of departure, the automated surface observing system (ASOS) on the airport was reporting winds 270 degrees magnetic at 9 knots. The pilot reported receiving the ASOS report prior to departure. About 15 minutes into the flight the pilot reported he encountered "extreme vertical turbulence" while on downwind. The ASOS reported the wind as 320 degrees at 23 knots gusting to 38 knots at 1755 cdt. The pilot landed on runway 18 and reported having difficulty braking and subsequently veered the airplane off the right edge of the runway 300 feet from the runways end. The pilot stated his decision to steer the aircraft off the runway was due to his approximation that the aircraft would collide with the approach lighting system 400 feet from the end of runway. The nose landing gear collapsed and the left wing struck the terrain as the airplane slid sideways after exiting the runway. The pilot reported he realized that other options, such as continuing to another airport or landing on runway 36, might have prevented the accident.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
The pilot's improper in-flight decision to land with a tailwind and failure to perform an aborted landing, resulting in the pilots decision to control the aircraft off of the right edge of the runway to avoid obstructions. Contributing factors were the tailwind, the sudden wind shift, the turbulence, and the obstacles.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 5/14/2003 |
| Event Day of the Week | Wednesday |
| Time of Event | 1800 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | Kirksville |
| Event State | MISSOURI |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 63501 |
| Event Date Year | 2003 |
| Event Date Month | 5 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | 400537N |
| Event Location Longitude | 0923242W |
| Event Location Airport | Kirksville Regional Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | IRK |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | 966 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1755 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 0 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | IRK |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 966 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 0 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 8500 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | -- |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | -- |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | -- |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | -- |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 16 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 320 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Wind direction could be determined |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 23 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | -- |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 38 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29.84 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | -- |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | None |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 14826 |
| NTSB Notification Source | FAA |
| NTSB Notification Date | May 23 2003 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1543 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | DMS |
| Date of most recent change to record | Mar 2 2004 8:07AM |
| User who most recently changed record | NTSB\MONR |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | FAA-Kansas City FSDO |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9908V |
| NTSB Number | CHI03LA135 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No |
| Damage | Substantial |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Cessna |
| Aircraft Model | R172K |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | R1722353 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 2550 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Oct 1 2002 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 104.9 |
| Airframe Hours | 1888.6 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Tim Eschmann |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | PO Box 744 |
| Aircraft Owner City | Kirksville |
| Aircraft Owner State | MO |
| Aircraft Owner Country | USA |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 63501 |
| Operator is an individual? | Yes |
| Operator Name | Tim Eschmann |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | PO Box 744 |
| Operator City | Kirksville |
| Operator State | MO |
| Operator Country | USA |
| Operator Zip code | 63501 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | IRK |
| Departure City | Kirksville |
| Departure State | MO |
| Departure Country | USA |
| Departure Time | 1700 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | -- |
| Destination City | -- |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | -- |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| Report sent to ICAO? | No |
| Evacuation occurred | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 16 2003 2:39PM |
| User who most recently changed record | SULP |
| Since inspection or accident | Time of Accident |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 18 |
| Runway Length | 6005 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |