# Accident 19810723043899A: Beech 58TC, Kansas City, KS, July 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 1981, 12:24 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Airport: Fairfax Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EBSA
- 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: N17705, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N17705-1983-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 58TC (registry code 1152746, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-58tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 58TC
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810723043899A

## Narrative

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

TRIM PROBLEM ON TAKEOFF. CRASHED NOSE DOWN LEVEL FLIGHT. TRIM TAB ACTUATOR HAD BEEN SWITCHED BY MAINTENANCE.

## 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 MKC81FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA043), Jul 23, 1981: Beech 58TC (N17705), Kansas City, KS, destroyed, 4 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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