# Accident 19880401007749A: Beech H18, Kansas City, MO, April 1, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 1, 1988, 07:50 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DSOA
- Location: 39.0994° N, 94.5904° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0994&lon=-94.5904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N989B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N989B-2013-09-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech H-18 (registry code 1151012, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Reported engine: PWA R985AN14B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,140 total, 274 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880401007749A

## Narrative

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

ERRATIC ALTITUDE AND HEADINGS ON APPROACH. BROKE OUT STALLED IN LOW SPEED LOW ALTITUDE STEEP BANK TRYING FOR RUNWAY

## 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 MKC88FA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88FA072), Apr 1, 1988: Beech H18 (N989B), Kansas City, MO, destroyed, 1 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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