# Incident 19960826032409I: Mooney M20C, Kansas City, MO, August 26, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1996, 14:38 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N5543Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5543Q-2022-07-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mooney M20C (registry code 5870208, https://openairdocs.org/model/mooney-m20c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MOONEY M20C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960826032409I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. GUNN IS OWNER OF N5543Q & THE PILOT DURING THIS INCIDENT. HE HAD ONE NON-PILOT PASSENGER ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. ON THE MORNING OF AUGUST 26, 1996, MR. GUNN MADE A BUSINESS FLIGHT FROM KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (MKC) TO THE ST. JOSEPH ROSECRANS AIRPORT (STJ). DURING THIS FLIGHT HE OBTAINED A CLASS B AIRSPACE CLEARANCE FROM MCI ATCT. ON THE RETURN FLIGHT, HE ELECTED TO REMAIN CLEAR OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. MR. GUNN DEPARTED THE STJ AIRPORT ON A HEADING OF 170 DEGREES AND CLIMBED TO AN ALTITUDE OF 2,100 MSL. HE PLANNED TO FLY BELOW THE CLASS B AIRSPACE AND USE THE "MOVING MAP" FEATURE OF HIS GPS NAVIGATION UNIT TO CIRCLE EAST OF THE 6NM SURFACE AREA OF THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. AFTER CIRCLING EAST OF MCI, MR. GUNN SAID THAT A HEADING OF 190 DEGREES WOULD HAVE TAKEN HIM TO THE MKC AIRPORT. AS N5543Q APPROACHED THE MCI AREA, MR. GUNN SAID THE GPS UNIT INDICATED A FAILURE. AT THAT TIME HE TURNED TO A HEADING OF 120 DEGREES & CONTACTED MKC CONTROL TOWER. MKC TOWER TOLD MR. GUNN TO CONTACT MCI APPROACH CONTROL & HE WAS NOTIFIED THAT N5543Q HAD PENETRATED THE CLASS B AIRSPACE. MR. GUNN SAID THAT HE DID NOT HAVE AN AERONAUTICAL CHART ABOARD THE AIRPLANE ON THIS FLIGHT. MR. GUNN IS A RETIRED AIRLINE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N5543Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20200102004159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200102004159I), Jan 2, 2020: Mooney M20C (N5543Q), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Upon approaching the airport pilot attempted to extend the landing gear normally without success. Pilot discontinued the approach and attempted extend landing…

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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