# NTSB DCA85AA009: Lockheed 188A, N357Q, Kansas City, KS, January 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: January 9, 1985, 07:01 local (13:01 UTC)
- Place: Kansas City, KS
- Coordinates: 39.149063, -94.690612 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1491&lon=-94.6906&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15826
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA85AA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15826/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA85AA009

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, missed approach (ifr)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - light condition - dawn (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - maneuver - performed, copilot/second pilot
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, copilot/second pilot (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - missed approach - initiated
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - delayed
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL TO THE KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN ARPT, THE FLT WAS VECTORED FOR A VOR RWY 3 APCH, THEN WAS CLEARED FOR THE APCH & TO CIRCLE & LAND ON RWY 36. ON FINAL APCH, THE ACFT WAS HI & WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO LAND, SO THE FLT WAS CLEARED TO CIRCLE LEFT FOR ANOTHER APCH TO LAND. THE AIRCREW ACKNOWLEDGED & BEGAN CIRCLING LEFT WHICH TOOK THEM IN THE VICINITY OF THE FAIRFAX ARPT. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE ATC CONTROLLER CAUTIONED THAT THE FLT MIGHT BE LINING UP FOR THE FAIRFAX ARPT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CREW INITIATED A MISSED APCH & WERE INSTRUCTED TO TURN TO 360 DEG & CLIMB TO 3000 FT. THE ACFT BEGAN A STEEP CLIMB TO 3100 FT, STALLED & ENTERED A STEEP DESCENT. BEFORE THE DESCENT WAS ARRESTED, THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A PUBLIC WATER TREATMENT PLANT. CVR RECORDINGS INDICATED THAT THE 1ST OFFICER WAS FLYING THE ACFT DURING THEEN ROUTE DESCENT, VOR APCH & CIRCLING APCH, THEN THE CAPTAIN TOOK CONTROL DURING THE MISSED APCH. AN EXAM OF THE WRECK- AGE REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF AN AIRFRAME OR POWERPLANT PROBLEM. ALSO, THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE CARGO HAD SHIFTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N357Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N357Q-2013-02-11), registration cancelled 2013-02-11, S/N 1044 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 188A
- Registry model: [Lockheed 188A](https://openairdocs.org/model/lockheed-188a) (registry code 5262602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1044
- Engines: ALLISON D-501-D13 3750 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Tpi International Airways, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: DTW, DETROIT, MI
- Destination: MKC, KANSAS CITY, MO
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MKC, Kansas City Downtown, runway 36, 7,001 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 54; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 14,500 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 64 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dawn
- Wind: 80° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 25 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MKC, 6 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 19850109077869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850109077869A), Jan 9, 1985: Lkheed 188ALKHEED, Kansas City, MO, Destroyed. Too high on incorrect VOR approach began go around. Beleived low for obstcle clearance pulled up in cloud. Stalled.

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.

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