- Date
- March 5, 1965
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 5 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9980ZBeechcraft C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179322
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0483 65/3/5 KANSAS CITY KANS BEECHCRAFT C-45H CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 1307 TIME - 0943 N9980Z PX- 3 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 83 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KANSAS CITY MO.MU TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: VACUUM SYSTEM INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ATTITUDE GYRO MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- A PIECE OF VACUUM HOSE FOUND SPLIT-LEFT VACUUM FLOW VALVE STUCK CLOSED.EVIDENCE GYRO SPEED NOT UP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9980Z
- Reported as
- Beechcraft C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Kansas City Mo.Mu
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