39.2976° N, 94.7139° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 12, 1989 · 08:20 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N549CC
Reported as
Cessna 550
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,600 total150 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Smoke in aircraft on climbout. Returned. Found faulty defog fan.
As the FAA filed it
SMOKE IN AIRCRAFT ON CLIMBOUT. RETURNED. FOUND FAULTY DEFOG FAN.