Skip to content

MKC90LA025

1989-11-10 · HAYS, Kansas, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport HYS

Current FAA registration · N4114W

Make / Model
PIPER PA-32-300
Year of manufacture
1967 · 22 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 hp)
Seats / Engines
6 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19670303
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A4DAD0

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY FLARE THE AIRPLANE DURING LANDING.

Factual narrative

WHILE MAKING A NORMAL APPROACH FOR LANDING, THE PILOT SAID THAT HE FLARED TOO HIGH WHICH RESULTED IN A HARD LANDING. THE LEFT WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE LANDING GEAR AND THE ACFT SKIDDED OFF THE RUNWAY. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1989_MKC90LA025.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Search this event elsewhere

External sources are reported, not agency: signal that something happened, not fact about what happened.