# Accident 19990728010059A: Beech C45H, Grain Valley, MO, July 28, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1999, 10:42 local time
- Place: Grain Valley, MO
- Airport: East Kansas City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0010° N, 94.1997° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0010&lon=-94.1997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72409, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72409-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C-45H (registry code 1151018, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c-45h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C45H
- Reported engine: PWA R985*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 666 total, 80 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990728010059A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LOST CONTROL ON TAKE-OFF AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (.19) ON JULY 28, 1999, AT 1042 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH C-45H, N72409, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER A LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON TAKEOFF ROLL, ON RUNWAY 27 (4,400 FEET BY 44 FEET, DRY ASPHALT), AT THE EAST KANSAS CITY AIRPORT, GRAIN VALLEY, MISSOURI.  THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AND WAS NOT ON A FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT, WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT, REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND WAS EN ROUTE TO THE KANSAS CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.       (-23)THE PIC STATED HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF.  AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 500' INTO THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM CENTERLINE AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THEN CROSSED THE RUNWAY AND EXITED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 1500' WEST OF THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 27.  THIS OPERATION RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  ALL THREE LANDING GEAR HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED, RIGHT ENGINE HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM THE MOUNTS  AND DAMAGE TO THE WING SPAR, AND STABILIZER AS WELL AS OTHER AIRFRAME DAMAGE. (.4) DURING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE PREPARED RUNWAY SURFACE AND IMPACTED A DITCH ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. DURING A POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION, A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR NOTED THAT THE TAILWHEEL WAS NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION. NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PREEXISTING CONDITION.

## 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 CHI99LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA262), Jul 28, 1999: Beech C-45H (N72409), Grain Valley, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to use the tailwheel lock on takeoff, creating a condition where it was not possible for the pilot to maintain directional control. Factors were the unlocked tailwheel and…

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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