# NTSB CHI94LA107: Beech 18S, N90CA, Kansas City, MO, March 15, 1994 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: March 14, 1994, 20:45 local (Mar 15, 1994, 02:45 UTC) - Place: Kansas City, MO - Location: 39.2976° N, 94.7139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KANSAS CITY INTL (MCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2976&lon=-94.7139&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured; on the ground: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report November 14, 1994 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 9485 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI94LA107 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/9485/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA107 ## Probable cause the failure of the driver of the ground vehicle to exercise proper visual lookout. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing - object - vehicle - visual lookout - inadequate, driver of vehicle (cause) ## Analysis The cargo flight had received clearance to taxi to the UPS cargo ramp. At a point where the taxiway crosses an airport vehicular access road the pilot saw lights and a fast moving automobile coming from his left. He attempted to turn the airplane to the right to avoid a collision, but the airport police vehicle struck and collapsed the left main landing gear. The wing of the airplane came to rest on the vehicle. Witnesses reported the automobile was travelling at a high rate of speed and did not yield to the airplane. The driver of the automobile stated she did not see the airplane until the last minute. ## Factual narrative On March 14, 1994, at 2045 central standard time, a Beech 18S, N90CA, operated by Cape Central Airlines, Cape Girardeaux, Missouri, sustained substantial damage when it was struck by an airport police vehicle at the Kansas City International Airport, Kansas City, Missouri. The pilot, who was the sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. The airport safety officer, who was the driver of the automobile, received minor injuries. The airplane had just completed a cargo flight, operating under 14 CFR Part 135, and was taxiing to the UPS cargo ramp when the mishap occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time, and an IFR flight plan was filed for the flight. The pilot received clearance from ground control to taxi to the UPS ramp after landing. The airplane was on taxiway B-7, which leads to the UPS ramp, when the accident occurred. The pilot reported he saw lights and a fast moving car to his left and attempted to turn the airplane to the right to avoid a collision. The automobile was on Ottawa Avenue, an airport access road which crosses taxiway B-7. The automobile went under the left wing of the airplane, and struck and collapsed the left main landing gear. The airplane came to rest on the automobile. Witnesses on the UPS ramp reported the automobile was southbound on Ottawa Avenue at a high rate of speed and did not yield to the airplane. The airport police officer driving the automobile stated: "I didn't see the aircraft until the last moment, and upon impact I laid down on the seat and that probably saved me." ## Aircraft - Registration: N90CA (not matched to a registry record) - Reported make and model: BEECH 18S - Category: Airplane - Serial number: BA-319 - Engines: P&W PW-985-14B 450 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Registered owner: Cape Central Airways Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, July 19, 1993, 297 hours before - Departed: MHK, MANHATTAN, KS - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: MCI, Kansas City International, runway 1L, 1,080 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 21; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 1,400 total, 50 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark - Wind: 360° at 9 knots - Visibility: 20 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 12,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 29.00 inHg - Observed at: MCI ## 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 19940314008439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940314008439A), Mar 14, 1994: Beech E18S, Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Narrative: the pilot landed on runway 1L at mci. While taxiing to the ups ramp from the runway, the aircraft was struck by an mci police car. The incident… 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. --- 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.