# NTSB MKC63A0058: Vickers 810, N242V, Kansas City, MO, January 29, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 29, 1963
- Place: Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 8 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 6, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 175528
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC63A0058
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC63A0058

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0002  63/1/29    KANSAS CITY,MO      VICKERS 810         CR-  3  0  0  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2244                    N242V               PX-  5  0  0                            47, 18611 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            3409 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MUNI
        OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRFRAME ICE
           WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC.
        WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  3000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED)                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          NONE                                                      17
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          350                                                       6
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- UNDETECTED ICE ON HORIZ STAB IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPECIFIC A/S AND CONFIG CAUSED LOSS OF PITCH CNTL
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N242V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N242V-1963-02-13), registration cancelled 1963-02-13, S/N 356 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VICKERS 810
- Registry model: [Vickersarmstrongs VISCOUNT 812](https://openairdocs.org/model/vickersarmstrongs-viscount-812) (registry code 9470604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Kansas City Muni

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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