# Accident 20110502008429A: Lancair LEGACY 2K, Kansas City, MO, May 2, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2011, 04:22 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2978° N, 94.7139° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2978&lon=-94.7139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50KP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50KP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Prichard Kevin LEGACY 2K (registry code 056205E, https://openairdocs.org/model/prichard-kevin-legacy-2k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LANCAIR LEGACY 2K
- Reported engine: TCM IO-550EXP
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA314) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110502008429A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 1L AT MCI DURING THE HOURS OF DARKNESS.  HE MIS-IDENTIFIED THE LANDING AREA AS A RUNWAY DURING FINAL APPROACH AND LANDED IN THE GRASS BETWEEN TWO TAXIWAYS (A & B), IN THE VICINITY OF CROSSING TAXIWAY G.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK AND DESTROYED ONE TAXIWAY SIGN DURING THE LANDING, WHICH REMOVED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## 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 CEN11CA314](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA314), May 2, 2011: Prichard Kevin Legacy 2K (N50KP), Kansas City, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's misjudgment of the landing area, which resulted in the airplane touching down on a grass area adjacent to the runway and between parallel taxiways.

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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