# Accident 19750520011999A: Piper PA22135, Kansas City, MO, May 20, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1975
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3637A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3637A-2012-05-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-22-135 (registry code 7102206, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-22-135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-480 series (registry code 41527, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-480-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA22135
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FCG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCG46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750520011999A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PLT RPTD ENCTRD TURBC COULDNT GAIN ALT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC75FCG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCG46), May 20, 1975: Piper PA-22 (N3637A), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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