# Accident 19800229004599A: Piper PA23250, Kansas City, MO, February 29, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1980, 18:40 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: N6629A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6629A-1998-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-23-250 (registry code 7102308, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA23250
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,563 total, 12 in this make and model, 345 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800229004599A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN TIRE BLEW OUT WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED IN A LEFT CROSSWIND. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF RUNWAY. COLLAPSED GEAR.

## 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 MKC80FCG14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG14), Feb 29, 1980: Piper PA-23 (N6629A), 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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