# Accident 20050630014559A: Piper PA32RT300, Kansas City, MO, June 30, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2005, 05:30 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DD5A
- Location: 39.1233° N, 94.5928° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1233&lon=-94.5928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N21835, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21835-2007-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-32RT-300 (registry code 7103215, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32rt-300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA32RT300
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,420 total, 244 in this make and model, 244 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA160) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050630014559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED IFR ON RUNWAY 21 AT CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AT 0530 CDT ON 06/30/2005. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO TRANSPORT CARGO TO WICHITA MIDCONTINENT AIRPORT (KICT), WICHITA, KANSAS. THE PILOT BACK TAXIED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE END OF RUNWAY 21. HE CONDUCTED THE PRETAKEOFF CHECKS WHILE HOLDING IN POSITION AT THE DISPLACED LANDING THRESHOLD. THE CONTROLLER ANNOUNCED THE WINDS FROM 340 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS AND CLEARED SAFEWING FLIGHT 725 FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER LIFT-OFF THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET AND THEN SLOWLY DESCENDED, CAUSING IT TO IMPACT THE AIRPORT BOUNDARY FENCE, ROAD, AND LEVEE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LEVEE. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER BUT FELT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING PUSHED DOWN. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT AIRSPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 85 KNOTS JUST PRIOR TO THE IMPACT.

## 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 CHI05LA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA160), Jun 30, 2005: Piper PA-32RT-300 (N21835), Kansas City, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining climb airspeed leading to the airplane's impact with the fence and terrain during takeoff. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inaccurate preflight planning…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.