# Accident 19830426016089A: Cessna 500CESSNA, Wichita, KS, April 26, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 1983, 14:54 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Mid Continent
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6500° N, 97.4330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6500&lon=-97.4330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22FM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22FM-2022-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 550 (registry code 2076604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-550) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 series (registry code 52112, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 500CESSNA
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D1
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,725 total, 2,300 in this make and model, 131 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC83FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830426016089A

## Narrative

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

IGNORED SQUAWK SHEET AND UNLOCKED THRUST REVERSERS PRIOR TAKEOFF. CRASH LANDED GEAR UP AS THRUST REVERSERS DEPLOYED

## 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 MKC83FA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83FA094), Apr 26, 1983: Cessna CE-500 (N22FM), Witchita, KS, 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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