# Accident 19940314008439A: Beech E18S, Kansas City, MO, March 14, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1994, 20:52 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DFDA
- Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH E18S
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI94LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940314008439A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 1L AT MCI. WHILE TAXIING TO THE UPS RAMP FROM THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK BY AN MCI POLICE CAR. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE VEHICLE ACCESS ROAD (OTTAWA) AND THE TAXIWAY INTO THE UPS/TWA CARGO RAMP. THE PILOT SAID THAT BY THE TIME IT WAS EVIDENT THAT THE CAR WAS NOT GOING TO STOP, HE ATTEMPTED TO SPIN THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT TO AVOID THE COLLISION. THE CAR DID NOT GIVE WAY TO THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED INTO THE AIRCRAFT AT ABOUT 40 MPH. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR LEG BEING BROKE OFF, THE PROP BLADES ALL BENT AND MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING. THE PROP WENT THROUGH THE HOOD AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE AUTO. THE DRIVER OF THE AUTO STATED THAT SHE DID NOT SEE THE AIRCRAFT UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. NO BLAME TO THE PILOT. INCIDENT CLOSED. NO FURTHER ACTION NECESSARY.

## 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 CHI94LA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA107), Mar 15, 1994: Beech 18S (N90CA), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the driver of the ground vehicle to exercise proper visual lookout.

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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