# Accident 19800718027709A: Beech 58, Kansas City, KS, July 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1980, 16:15 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Airport: Fairfax
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1481° N, 94.5997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Fairfax Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1481&lon=-94.5997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4494A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4494A-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58 (registry code 1152740, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,065 total, 350 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800718027709A

## Narrative

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

INADVERTENTLY PUT GEAR UP ON TAKEOFF ROLL. LANDING GEAR HORN INOPERATIVE.

## 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 MKC80FCG34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCG34), Jul 18, 1980: Beech 58 (N4494A), Kansas City, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4494A (2)

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

- [Accident 20171207022789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171207022789A), Dec 7, 2017: Beech 58 (N4494A), St Croix, VI, Destroyed, 5 fatal. On December 7, 2017, approximately at 210 atlantic standard time; an aircraft Beech baron model BE58, registration number N4494A, while climbing after taking…
- [Accident 19790228005929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790228005929A), Feb 28, 1979: Beech 58 (N4494A), Chesterfield, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot flew into the ground after passing the outer marker on an ILS approach. No equipment failure found.

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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