# Accident 20020430010119A: Cessna 411, Lee'S Summit, MO, April 30, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2002, 06:00 local time
- Place: Lee'S Summit, MO
- Airport: Lee'S Summit Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9664° N, 94.3750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9664&lon=-94.3750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N411CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N411CT-2013-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 411 (registry code 2075902, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-411) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 411
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA117) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020430010119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT LEE'S SUMMIT AIRPORT, LEE'S SUMMIT, MO (LXT). A WITNESS ON THE RAMP AT LXT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT GOT AIRBORNE APPROXIMATELY THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. AT THAT TIME HE HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE AN ENGINE BACKFIRE. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED A SHALLOW CLIMB AND A TURN BACK TOWARD THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WENT OUT OF SIGHT BELOW A TREE LINE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NORTHERLY HEADING. THE LEFT ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE WING ON IMPACT. A FIRE ENSUED ON THE GROUND AND CONSUMED APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY PERCENT OF THE AIRFRAME. THE EMERGENCY ESCAPE HATCH WAS FOUND ON THE RUNWAY AT THE APPROXIMATE POINT OF LIFT-OFF. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH SERIOUS INJURIES AND IS HOSPITALIZED AT THIS WRITING.

## 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 CHI02LA117](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA117), Apr 30, 2002: Cessna 411 (N411CT), Lee's Summit, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane during the inital takeoff climb. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's inadequate preflight of the airplane, the separation of the…

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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