# NTSB CEN11CA314: Prichard Kevin Legacy 2K, N50KP, Kansas City, MO, May 2, 2011 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 2, 2011, 04:22 local (09:22 UTC) - Place: Kansas City, MO - Coordinates: 39.297779, -94.71389 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2978&lon=-94.7139&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Loss of visual reference](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report August 3, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA-Kansas City FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 79009 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11CA314 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/79009/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=79009 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA314 ## 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. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Prichard Kevin LEGACY 2K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=056205E), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Loss of visual reference](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402) (defining event); cases with it: [Prichard Kevin LEGACY 2K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402/sequence.md?model=056205E), [All aircraft, 242 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/402/sequence.md) - [Landing: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Prichard Kevin LEGACY 2K, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=056205E), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot arrived at his intended destination about 90 minutes prior to the beginning of civil twilight. He stated that he was cleared to land and subsequently landed off the runway and struck an airport sign, which caused substantial damage to the airplane. He added that requesting for the runway lights to be turned up, better familiarization with the airport, flying a longer approach, or executing a go-around might have prevented the accident. He stated that there were no failures or malfunctions related to the airplane prior to the accident. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors stated that the pilot had been cleared to land on runway 1L and misjudged the approach. They reported that the airplane touched down in the grass area between parallel taxiways A and B, near the crossing taxiway G. ## Factual narrative The pilot arrived at his intended destination about 90 minutes prior to the beginning of civil twilight. He stated that he was cleared to land and subsequently landed off the runway and struck an airport sign, which caused substantial damage to the airplane. He added that requesting for the runway lights to be turned up, better familiarization with the airport, flying a longer approach, or executing a go-around, might have prevented the accident. He stated that there were no failures or malfunctions related to the airplane prior to the accident. Federal Aviation Administration inspectors stated that the pilot had been cleared to land on Runway 1L and misjudged the approach. They reported that the airplane touched down in the grass area between parallel taxiways A and B, near the crossing taxiway G. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N50KP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N50KP), registered now, S/N 001, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: PRICHARD KEVIN LEGACY 2K - Registry model: [Prichard Kevin LEGACY 2K](https://openairdocs.org/model/prichard-kevin-legacy-2k) (registry code 056205E) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 001 - Airframe hours: 300 - Engines: Continental (Exp) IO-550 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: 9K9, Enterprise, KS - Destination: MCI, Kansas City, MO - Airport: MCI, Kansas City Int'l, runway 01L, 10,801 × 150 ft, concrete ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2; last flight review October 1, 2010; seat: left; flight hours: 6,000 total, 300 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 10° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 30 °F - Altimeter: 30.13 inHg - Observed at: MCI, 1 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20110502008429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110502008429A), May 2, 2011: Lancair LEGACY 2K, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. 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… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 7, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=79009. 451 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 283 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348324&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Conversation Record -- FAA Inspector (item 2, .PDF, 47 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348601&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Conversation%20Record%20--%20FAA%20Inspector-Master.PDF - Airport Diagram -- Kansas City Int'l (MCI) (item 3, .PDF, 112 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348329&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Airport%20Diagram%20--%20Kansas%20City%20Int%27l%20(MCI)-Master.PDF - Sun-Moon Data -- Kansas City (May 2, 2011) (item 4, .PDF, 10 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40348325&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Sun-Moon%20Data%20--%20Kansas%20City%20(May%202,%202011)-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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