# Incident 19790612015339I: Beech 6580, Kansas City, MO, June 12, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1979, 10:15 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N218K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N218K-2014-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 65-80 (registry code 1152806, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-65-80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 6580
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790612015339I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STOPPED AFTER LANDING, CAUGHT FIRE DURING RESTART DUE TO OVERPRIME.

## Other reports on N218K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19800825036979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800825036979A), Aug 25, 1980: Beech 65B80 (N218K), Port Maria, JM, Destroyed. Airplane crashed in ocean shortly after takeoff. Cause of crash unknown. Marijuana found at scene.

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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