# Accident 19831205059609A: Beech TC45J, Kansas City, KS, December 5, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1983, 17:10 local time
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Airport: Fairfax Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CKSA
- Location: 39.1500° N, 94.6107° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1500&lon=-94.6107&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704M-1992-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech TC-45J (registry code 1151022, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-tc-45j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH TC45J
- Reported engine: ARSRCH TPE3311
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 144 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC84FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831205059609A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED IMPROPER CIRCLING IFR APPROACH PROCEDURES AND AIRCRAFT CRASHED DURING APPROACH.

## 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 MKC84FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA033), Dec 5, 1983: Beech TC-45J (N704M), Kansas City, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N704M (1)

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

- [Accident 19800528015299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800528015299A), May 28, 1980: Beech TC45J (N704M), Maiden, NC, Substantial damage. Right engine flamed-out on takeoff roll. Aborted. Ran off end of runway. Fuel starvation. Right main tank empty.

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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