# Incident 20251027017779I: Textron Aviation Inc B300, Kansas City, MO, October 27, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2025, 21:15 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Charles B Wheeler Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1232° N, 94.5928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1232&lon=-94.5928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N870ST, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N870ST) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Textron B300 (registry code 4220038, https://openairdocs.org/model/textron-b300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-67A (registry code 52207, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-67a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-67A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,218 total, 183 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251027017779I

## Narrative

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

DURING A FLIGHT FROM PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KPHL) TO KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (KMKC), A "LOW HYDRAULIC FLUID" CAS MESSAGE WAS RECEIVED AT FL132. THE CREW FOLLOWED THE APPROPRIATE CHECKLIST AND CHOSE TO CONTINUE TO KMKC, PLANNING TO INSPECT THE HYDRAULIC FLUID UPON ARRIVAL. AS THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED AND THE OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE INCREASED, THE CAS MESSAGE CLEARED, AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED WITHOUT ISSUE. UPON LANDING, THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND (SIC) INSPECTED THE HYDRAULIC FLUID LEVELS AND FOUND THEM SATISFACTORY, COORDINATING WITH MAINTENANCE TO CONFIRM NORMAL LEVELS VIA THE DIPSTICK. CREW CONTINUTED WITH THEIR PLANNED FLIGHT SCHEDULE AND DEPARTED KMKC. DURING THE DEPARTURE CLIMB FROM KMKC, AT 3,000 FEET MSL, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED VIBRATIONS AT 180 KIAS. THE SIC OBSERVED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE ACCESSORY GEARBOX COVER WAS DISLODGED AND RESTING ON THE ENGINE COWLING. AN EMERGENCY WAS DECLARED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SLOWED TO 130 KIAS, REQUESTING RETURN BACK TO KMKC. A POST-FLIGHT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE'S UPPER ACCESS COWLING HAD NOT BEEN PROPERLY SECURED AFTER THE PREVIOUS INSPECTION FOR OIL LEAKS.

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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