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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · AMD FALCON20 · Kansas City, MO · April 9, 1998

Date: April 9, 1998 · 19:38 local
Place: Kansas City, MO
Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: HAEA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N216TW
Reported as: AMD FALCON20
Reported engine: GE CF700*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,840 total350 in this make and model90 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft was making a visual approach to runway 1 at mkc airport. This was the pilots first approach into mkc and he was having a difficult time locating the airport. At about the time he was to go around, he spotted the airport and pulled back the throttles rapidly, causing them to go past the flight idle stops and into idle cutoff. Post incident investigation found the left idle stop loose to the point of being able to spin out of the way of the throttle stop lever. The right idle stop had been sheared off and was found lying on the floor next to the co-pilot seat. There was no evidence these stops had been secure and safely wired as required. Aircraft landed 3/4 mile short of mkc runway 1 on an abandoned railway bed. This incidentprivacy data omittedis closed with this report.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 1 AT MKC AIRPORT. THIS WAS THE PILOTS FIRST APPROACH INTO MKC AND HE WAS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME LOCATING THE AIRPORT. AT ABOUT THE TIME HE WAS TO GO AROUND, HE SPOTTED THE AIRPORT AND PULLED BACK THE THROTTLES RAPIDLY, CAUSING THEM TO GO PAST THE FLIGHT IDLE STOPS AND INTO IDLE CUTOFF. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LEFT IDLE STOP LOOSE TO THE POINT OF BEING ABLE TO SPIN OUT OF THE WAY OF THE THROTTLE STOP LEVER. THE RIGHT IDLE STOP HAD BEEN SHEARED OFF AND WAS FOUND LYING ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE CO-PILOT SEAT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THESE STOPS HAD BEEN SECURE AND SAFELY WIRED AS REQUIRED. AIRCRAFT LANDED 3/4 MILE SHORT OF MKC RUNWAY 1 ON AN ABANDONED RAILWAY BED. THIS INCIDENT^PRIVACY DATA OMITT^IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.