# Incident 19960314006349I: Beech 200BEECH, Kansas City, MO, March 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1996, 18:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2877K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2877K-2001-06-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 200 (registry code 1152920, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 200BEECH
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 700 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960314006349I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MKC ENROUTE TO DSM. DURING THE CLIMB, THE PILOT NOTICED RIGHT ENGINE FIRE WARNING LIGHT ON. CONTACTED MKC AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. DURING TURN TO RETURN TO MKC, FIRE WARNING LIGHT WENT OUT. THE PILOT CANCELLED EMERGENCY AND LANDED AT MKC. RIGHT ENGINE WAS INSPECTED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE OR FUEL LEAKS. MAINTENANCE DETERMINED FIRE WARNING LIGHT CAUSED BY BAD SENSOR. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MKC, TO DSM WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. 45 HOURS SINCE LAST INSPECTION PRIMARY 12-95. DSM MAINTENANCE COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THIS INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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