# Accident 19790222009859A: Cessna 421A, Kansas City, KS, February 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1979, 09:58 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1142° N, 94.6275° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1142&lon=-94.6275&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77PM-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 420 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790222009859A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS MAKING AN ILS APPROACH. FLEW INTO THE GROUND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. CRASH SITE 200 FT.ABOVE RWY ELEVATION.

## 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 MKC79FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FA017), Feb 22, 1979: Cessna 421A (N77PM), Kansas City, MO, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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