# Accident 19810904055479A: Rkwell 685, Kansas City, KS, September 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 4, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- 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: N777MM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777MM-2013-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 685 (registry code 0141612, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-685) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 685
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520K
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 4,640 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810904055479A

## Narrative

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

LOST RIGHT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF NEAR END OF RUNWAY. CALLED WRONG ENGINE. WAS OVER GROSS. UNABLE TO FEATHER, CRASHED.

## 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 MKC81FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA053), Sep 4, 1981: Aero Comdr 685 (N777MM), 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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